Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

Heat at Celtics

- — Ira Winderman

When/Where: 7:30 p.m., TD Garden, Boston. TV: Fox Sports Sun. 790-AM, 106.3-FM, 710-AM (Spanish).

This is the third final game of the season series and the Heat’s lone visit to Boston . . . The Celtics won the first meeting, 96-90, Oct. 28 at AmericanAi­rlines Arena, behind 24 points from Kyrie Irving, in a game the Heat were without center Hassan Whiteside . . . The Heat then snapped the Celtics’ 16-game winning streak with a 104-98 victory Nov. 22, when Goran Dragic scored 27 points and Dion Waiters 26 . . . The Heat had lost eight in a row to the Celtics prior to that victory . . . The Heat have lost their last four visits to Boston, dropping last season’s two visits by a total of seven points . . . The game concludes a two-game trip for the Heat, with seven of their next eight then at home . . . The Heat are coming off Monday’s 110-104 loss in Atlanta, which snapped a two-game winning streak . . . The game opens a back-to-back set for the Celtics, who play Thursday in New York . . . The Celtics are coming off Monday’s 112-111 victory in Boston, with victories in three of their last four . . . Justise Winslow (knee) and Goran Dragic (elbow) are questionab­le for the Heat, with Hassan Whiteside (knee), James Johnson (ankle), Rodney McGruder (leg) and Okaro White (foot) out, and A.J. Hammons on G League assignment . . . For the Celtics, Gordon Hayward (ankle), Marcus Morris (knee) are out, with Daniel Theis (nose) questionab­le.

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