Miami Heat 116, Boston Celtics 129 — Recap

December 19, 2025 · View Preview

📰Game Summary

Final (regular season): Miami Heat 116, Boston Celtics 129. Scoring by quarter: Q1 MIA 29-30 BOS; Q2 MIA 29-28 BOS; Q3 MIA 31-34 BOS; Q4 MIA 27-37 BOS.

Top performers (box score): Derrick White (BOS) 33 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 9 threes on 11-of-20 shooting; Jaylen Brown (BOS) 30 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, 2 threes on 9-of-18 shooting; Kel'el Ware (MIA) 24 points, 14 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 threes on 8-of-12 shooting; Norman Powell (MIA) 18 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 threes on 7-of-21 shooting; Kasparas Jakučionis (MIA) 17 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 5 threes on 5-of-13 shooting.

Standouts

Top Scorer · BOS

Derrick White

33 PTS, 5 REB, 6 AST, 9 3PM · 11-20 FG

Scoring · BOS

Jaylen Brown

30 PTS, 9 REB, 7 AST, 2 3PM · 9-18 FG

Scoring · MIA

Kel'el Ware

24 PTS, 14 REB, 2 AST, 6 3PM · 8-12 FG

Season highs

Derrick White · Season-high 33 pointsKel'el Ware · Season-high 24 pointsDerrick White · Season-high 9 threesKel'el Ware · Season-high 6 threesKasparas Jakučionis · Season-high 5 threes

Every player's line is in the box score below; the play-by-play is available in the BlowOutAlert workspace.

Linescore

	1	2	3	4		T
MIA	29	29	31	27		116
BOS	30	28	34	37		129

🧮 How They Scored

MIABOS

36Points in the paint42

5Fast-break points12

24Second-chance points11

25Points off turnovers17

27Bench points41

Four factorsHighlighted side won the factor

48.5%Effective FG%66.5%

10.4%Turnover %13.1%

29.8%Offensive rebound %16.7%

0.235Free-throw rate0.293

Box Score

Miami Heat

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Kasparas Jakučionis G	36	17	6	4	0	0	1	5-13	5-8	2-2	+3
Bam Adebayo C-F	36	16	10	4	1	0	3	6-13	0-1	4-6	-15
Jaime Jaquez Jr. G	36	14	8	4	0	0	4	5-15	1-5	3-4	-25
Norman Powell F-G	34	18	4	3	1	0	1	7-21	1-11	3-5	-12
Simone Fontecchio F	30	12	2	4	0	0	1	4-13	4-9	0-0	-4
Kel'el Ware C	28	24	14	2	0	1	0	8-12	6-7	2-2	-9
Dru Smith G	21	7	1	4	3	0	3	2-10	0-4	3-5	-18
Myron Gardner F	17	5	2	1	1	0	0	2-4	1-3	0-0	+3
Keshad Johnson F	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	+6
Vladislav Goldin C	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	+6

Boston Celtics

Player	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	TO	FG	3PT	FT	+/-
Derrick White G	36	33	5	6	0	4	1	11-20	9-14	2-2	+27
Jaylen Brown G	35	30	9	7	1	0	5	9-18	2-4	10-11	+8
Anfernee Simons G	29	14	4	1	0	0	1	6-10	2-5	0-0	+13
Hugo González G	29	10	8	0	2	1	2	4-7	1-2	1-2	+22
Payton Pritchard G	27	9	4	4	2	0	0	2-8	2-8	3-4	-2
Sam Hauser F	25	15	4	3	0	0	2	5-6	5-6	0-0	+13
Neemias Queta C	25	10	3	3	1	1	1	4-6	0-0	2-3	+5
Jordan Walsh G	22	6	7	1	0	2	1	2-6	0-4	2-2	-6
Josh Minott F	7	2	1	0	2	0	1	1-1	0-0	0-0	-5
Baylor Scheierman G	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0-0	0-0	0-0	-10

🔬 Advanced Stats

Miami HeatTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Kel'el Ware	Starter	28	24	93.2	18.1	-15.8	25.2
Norman Powell	Starter	34	18	38.8	26.4	-14.7	4.1
Kasparas Jakučionis	Starter	36	17	61.2	16.1	+4.1	7.9
Bam Adebayo	Starter	36	16	51.2	19.6	-19.7	7.0
Jaime Jaquez Jr.	Starter	36	14	41.8	21.9	-27.6	5.7
Simone Fontecchio	Bench	30	12	46.2	17.1	-2.6	6.0
Dru Smith	Bench	21	7	28.7	26.3	-35.3	-0.6
Myron Gardner	Bench	17	5	62.5	8.5	+4.8	2.9
Keshad Johnson	Bench	1	3	150.0	33.3	+300.0	54.5
Andrew Wiggins	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Tyler Herro	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Davion Mitchell	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Vladislav Goldin	Bench	1	0	0.0	0.0	+300.0	18.2

Boston CelticsTS% true shooting · USG% usage · NET net rating · PIE player impact

Player	Role	MIN	PTS	TS%	USG%	NET	PIE
Derrick White	Starter	36	33	79.0	26.5	+35.5	21.0
Jaylen Brown	Starter	35	30	65.7	33.3	+9.1	20.4
Neemias Queta	Starter	25	10	68.3	14.0	+1.8	8.8
Payton Pritchard	Starter	27	9	46.1	15.4	-5.4	9.0
Jordan Walsh	Starter	22	6	43.6	15.4	-15.1	9.4
Sam Hauser	Bench	25	15	125.0	13.8	+21.7	14.4
Anfernee Simons	Bench	29	14	70.0	16.4	+19.2	8.0
Hugo González	Bench	29	10	63.5	13.7	+31.9	7.2
Josh Minott	Bench	7	2	100.0	11.8	-29.4	7.1
Chris Boucher	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Xavier Tillman	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Luka Garza	Bench	00	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
Baylor Scheierman	Bench	6	0	0.0	0.0	-98.5	0.0