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Boston Celtics NBA Playoffs Game Tonight: Celtics vs Heat Injury Report, Starting Lineup, Predictions, TV Channel for May 19

By Andrew Hughes

The Boston Celtics take on Miami at the TD Garden for Game 2 on May 19 -- and Hardwood Houdini has your injury report, lineups, TV channel, and predictions Mandatory Credit: Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports
The Boston Celtics take on Miami at the TD Garden for Game 2 on May 19 -- and Hardwood Houdini has your injury report, lineups, TV channel, and predictions Mandatory Credit: Paul Rutherford-USA TODAY Sports /
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The opening game of the Eastern Conference Finals was the kind of disasterclass that only the 2022-23 Boston Celtics can deliver: clearly outclass their opponent, in this case, the No. 8-seeded Heat, then coast in the second half so much that now the Cs are trailing. Boston never came back from a 46-point third quarter, and they now trail Miami in the series.

So much for that 3% chance ESPN Analytics gave the Heat. Miami is now three games away from knocking off the Celtics in the last four years.

Game 2 is a borderline must-have for Boston as home-court advantage has slipped out of their grasp. Can Joe Mazzulla make the necessary adjustments to keep the Celtics’ Banner 18 hopes alive?

TNT. 8:30 PM ET. 18. Celtics -9. 44-18. 110. Friday, May 19. 57-25

Miami Heat: 25th (ORtg), 9th (DRtg), 29th (Pace), 21st (NRtg)

Boston Celtics: 2nd (ORtg), 2nd (DRtg), 20th (Pace), 1st (NRtg)

Boston Celtics Projected Starting Lineup

PG –Marcus Smart, SG – Derrick White,  SF – Jaylen Brown, PF – Jayson Tatum, C – Al Horford

Miami Heat Projected Starting Lineup

PG – Gabe Vincent, SG – Max Strus, SF – Jimmy Butler, PF – Kevin Love, C – Bam Adebayo

Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat Injury Report

Celtics PF Danilo Gallinari (ACL) – Out

Celtics PG Malcolm Brogdon (right forearm strain) – Probable

Heat C Omer Yurtseven (nose contusion) – Questionable

Heat SG Tyler Herro (hand) – Out

Heat SG Victor Oladipo (patellar tendon) – Out

Boston Celtics vs Miami Heat Prediction

The Houdini was fooled, as has been a constant this season, by the Celtics in thinking that Boston would show the world why the sportsbooks have tabbed them as one of the primary threats to hoist the Larry O’Brien trophy. Time and again, there’s been misplaced trust in thinking the Cs would look more dominant than they did during their last run to the Finals. The same Game 1 struggles have persisted for the second year in a row.

But the same result still feels inevitable. If/when the Celtics get back to the Finals, Game 2 will serve as a turning point in this series.

Celtics 101 Heat 94

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