Miami Heat @ Boston Celtics
37-20, 16-14 Away
103
37-20, 16-14 Away
23-34, 16-13 Home
96
23-34, 16-13 Home
Shot Chart
- Shaquille O'Neal blocks Paul Pierce's layup
- Raef LaFrentz misses layup
- Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
- Raef LaFrentz makes layup (Delonte West assists)
- Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Wally Szczerbiak misses jumper
- Ryan Gomes makes layup (Delonte West assists)
- Raef LaFrentz makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
- Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)
- Delonte West makes 22-foot jumper
- Paul Pierce makes 19-foot two point shot (Delonte West assists)
- Ryan Gomes makes 16-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
- Paul Pierce misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Paul Pierce makes layup
- Wally Szczerbiak makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Raef LaFrentz misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Paul Pierce makes driving layup
- Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Al Jefferson misses jumper
- Al Jefferson makes 6-foot jumper
- Al Jefferson misses 8-foot jumper
- Tony Allen misses layup
- Wally Szczerbiak makes 12-foot two point shot (Orien Greene assists)
- Orien Greene makes 22-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal blocks Paul Pierce's layup
- Paul Pierce misses 17-foot jumper
- Wally Szczerbiak misses jumper
- Paul Pierce makes 1-foot two point shot
- Raef LaFrentz misses 22-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal blocks Raef LaFrentz's jumper
- Paul Pierce misses jumper
- Delonte West misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Delonte West misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Wally Szczerbiak makes 15-foot jumper
- Delonte West misses layup
- Wally Szczerbiak makes 23-foot three point jumper (Ryan Gomes assists)
- Wally Szczerbiak makes two point shot (Ryan Gomes assists)
- Paul Pierce makes layup (Ryan Gomes assists)
- Delonte West misses 20-foot jumper
- Ryan Gomes misses layup
- Paul Pierce misses layup
- Delonte West makes layup (Paul Pierce assists)
- Wally Szczerbiak misses 18-foot jumper
- Delonte West misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Wally Szczerbiak misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Wally Szczerbiak misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Paul Pierce makes dunk (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
- Delonte West makes layup
- Delonte West makes driving layup
- Al Jefferson makes layup (Orien Greene assists)
- Gary Payton blocks Delonte West's three point jumper
- Alonzo Mourning blocks Paul Pierce's layup
- Alonzo Mourning blocks Ryan Gomes's layup
- Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Delonte West makes 24-foot three point jumper (Raef LaFrentz assists)
- Paul Pierce misses layup
- Paul Pierce makes tip shot
- Raef LaFrentz makes 24-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists)
- Delonte West makes 25-foot three point jumper
- Ryan Gomes makes 21-foot jumper (Raef LaFrentz assists)
- Paul Pierce misses 11-foot jumper
- Ryan Gomes makes tip shot
- Ryan Gomes misses 13-foot jumper
- Delonte West makes 23-foot three point jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists)
- Paul Pierce makes 3-foot two point shot (Ryan Gomes assists)
- Paul Pierce misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Delonte West misses 27-foot three point jumper
- Jason Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dwyane Wade assists)
- Dwyane Wade makes 1-foot two point shot (Jason Williams assists)
- James Posey misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Udonis Haslem makes two point shot (Dwyane Wade assists)
- Udonis Haslem misses 11-foot jumper
- Jason Williams misses 8-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal makes layup (Udonis Haslem assists)
- Dwyane Wade makes two point shot (Jason Williams assists)
- Udonis Haslem makes layup (Jason Williams assists)
- Shaquille O'Neal makes layup (Jason Williams assists)
- Dwyane Wade misses 10-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal misses layup
- Shaquille O'Neal makes slam dunk
- Dwyane Wade makes two point shot
- Dwyane Wade makes driving dunk (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
- Shandon Anderson makes 17-foot jumper (Dwyane Wade assists)
- Shandon Anderson makes 4-foot running jumper (Dwyane Wade assists)
- Dwyane Wade misses layup
- Antoine Walker misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Shandon Anderson misses 20-foot jumper
- Dwyane Wade makes 4-foot jumper
- Antoine Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shandon Anderson makes driving layup (Dwyane Wade assists)
- Gary Payton misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal makes layup
- Shaquille O'Neal misses 3-foot jumper
- Antoine Walker misses 6-foot jumper
- Jason Williams makes 26-foot three point jumper
- Shandon Anderson makes 6-foot two point shot (James Posey assists)
- Shandon Anderson misses layup
- James Posey makes layup (Jason Williams assists)
- James Posey misses hook shot
- James Posey misses jumper
- Dwyane Wade misses layup
- James Posey misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal misses layup
- Udonis Haslem misses layup
- Jason Williams makes 22-foot jumper
- James Posey misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal makes 7-foot two point shot
- Dwyane Wade misses 22-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal misses jumper
- Jason Williams misses 28-foot three point jumper
- Udonis Haslem makes layup
- James Posey makes 23-foot three point jumper (Jason Williams assists)
- Shaquille O'Neal misses layup
- Udonis Haslem makes layup
- Jason Williams makes layup
- Dwyane Wade makes layup (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
- James Posey misses 23-foot three point jumper
- Dwyane Wade misses 22-foot jumper
- Udonis Haslem misses 14-foot jumper
- Shaquille O'Neal makes two point shot (Dwyane Wade assists)
- Antoine Walker misses 4-foot jumper
- Udonis Haslem makes layup
- Gary Payton misses 4-foot jumper
- Alonzo Mourning makes layup
- Gary Payton makes 23-foot three point jumper (Dwyane Wade assists)
- Alonzo Mourning misses layup
- Gary Payton makes layup (Alonzo Mourning assists)
- Antoine Walker makes driving layup (Gary Payton assists)
- Antoine Walker misses 25-foot three point jumper
- Dwyane Wade misses layup
- Dwyane Wade misses 14-foot jumper
- Antoine Walker makes 26-foot three point jumper (Shaquille O'Neal assists)
- Shaquille O'Neal misses 5-foot jumper
- Jason Williams misses 21-foot jumper
- Antoine Walker makes three point jumper (Jason Williams assists)
- Antoine Walker makes driving layup (Jason Williams assists)
- Shaquille O'Neal makes layup
- Shandon Anderson makes 19-foot jumper (Dwyane Wade assists)
- Dwyane Wade makes driving layup
- Jason Williams misses 24-foot three point jumper
- Antoine Walker misses 26-foot three point jumper
- Dwyane Wade misses jumper
- Antoine Walker makes 25-foot three point jumper (Jason Williams assists)
- Jason Williams makes 23-foot three point jumper (Shandon Anderson assists)
HEAT
CELTICS
| TIME | PLAY | MIA | BOS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12:00 | Start of the 1st Quarter | 0 | 0 | |
| 12:00 | | Jumpball: Shaquille O'Neal vs. Raef LaFrentz (Dwyane Wade gains possession) | 0 | 0 |
| 11:34 | | Jason Williams makes 24-foot three point jumper (Dwyane Wade assists) | 3 | 0 |
| 11:14 | | Shaquille O'Neal blocks Paul Pierce's layup | 3 | 0 |
| 11:10 | | Shaquille O'Neal defensive rebound | 3 | 0 |
| 11:06 | | Dwyane Wade makes 1-foot two point shot (Jason Williams assists) | 5 | 0 |
| 10:51 | | Raef LaFrentz misses layup | 5 | 0 |
| 10:49 | | James Posey defensive rebound | 5 | 0 |
| 10:37 | | James Posey misses 24-foot three point jumper | 5 | 0 |
| 10:36 | | Wally Szczerbiak defensive rebound | 5 | 0 |
| 10:29 | | Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists) | 5 | 3 |
| 10:11 | | Udonis Haslem makes two point shot (Dwyane Wade assists) | 7 | 3 |
| 10:02 | | Raef LaFrentz makes layup (Delonte West assists) | 7 | 5 |
| 9:42 | | Udonis Haslem misses 11-foot jumper | 7 | 5 |
| 9:41 | | Raef LaFrentz defensive rebound | 7 | 5 |
| 9:32 | | Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper | 7 | 5 |
| 9:30 | | Udonis Haslem defensive rebound | 7 | 5 |
| 9:23 | | Jason Williams misses 8-foot jumper | 7 | 5 |
| 9:22 | | Paul Pierce defensive rebound | 7 | 5 |
| 9:18 | | Udonis Haslem personal foul (Ryan Gomes draws the foul) | 7 | 5 |
| 9:18 | | Ryan Gomes misses free throw 1 of 2 | 7 | 5 |
| 9:18 | | Boston offensive rebound | 7 | 5 |
| 9:18 | | Ryan Gomes makes free throw 2 of 2 | 7 | 6 |
| 8:56 | | Shaquille O'Neal makes layup (Udonis Haslem assists) | 9 | 6 |
| 8:48 | | Ryan Gomes turnover | 9 | 6 |
| 8:36 | | Wally Szczerbiak personal foul (Dwyane Wade draws the foul) | 9 | 6 |
| 8:29 | | Dwyane Wade offensive foul (Wally Szczerbiak draws the foul) | 9 | 6 |
| 8:29 | | Dwyane Wade turnover | 9 | 6 |
| 8:15 | | Wally Szczerbiak misses jumper | 9 | 6 |
| 8:11 | | Udonis Haslem defensive rebound | 9 | 6 |
| 8:03 | | Dwyane Wade makes two point shot (Jason Williams assists) | 11 | 6 |
| 7:37 | | shot clock violation | 11 | 6 |
| 7:26 | | Jason Williams bad pass (Raef LaFrentz steals) | 11 | 6 |
| 7:20 | | Ryan Gomes makes layup (Delonte West assists) | 11 | 8 |
| 7:01 | | Udonis Haslem makes layup (Jason Williams assists) | 13 | 8 |
| 6:46 | | Raef LaFrentz makes 25-foot three point jumper (Paul Pierce assists) | 13 | 11 |
| 6:26 | | Shaquille O'Neal makes layup (Jason Williams assists) | 15 | 11 |
| 6:09 | | Paul Pierce makes 25-foot three point jumper (Ryan Gomes assists) | 15 | 14 |
| 5:52 | | Dwyane Wade misses 10-foot jumper | 15 | 14 |
| 5:50 | | Paul Pierce defensive rebound | 15 | 14 |
| 5:37 | | Delonte West makes 22-foot jumper | 15 | 16 |
| 5:31 | | Miami full timeout | 15 | 16 |
| 5:22 | | Shaquille O'Neal misses layup | 15 | 16 |
| 5:22 | | Shaquille O'Neal offensive rebound | 15 | 16 |
| 5:20 | | Shaquille O'Neal makes slam dunk | 17 | 16 |
| 4:58 | | Paul Pierce makes 19-foot two point shot (Delonte West assists) | 17 | 18 |
| 4:47 | | Dwyane Wade traveling | 17 | 18 |
| 4:33 | | Ryan Gomes makes 16-foot jumper (Wally Szczerbiak assists) | 17 | 20 |
| 4:20 | | Raef LaFrentz shooting foul (Shaquille O'Neal draws the foul) | 17 | 20 |
| 4:20 | | Jason Williams turnover | 17 | 20 |
| 4:20 | | Antoine Walker enters the game for James Posey | 17 | 20 |
| 4:20 | | Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 1 of 2 | 17 | 20 |
| 4:20 | | Miami offensive rebound | 17 | 20 |
| 4:20 | | Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 2 of 2 | 17 | 20 |
| 4:18 | | Ryan Gomes defensive rebound | 17 | 20 |
| 4:03 | | Paul Pierce misses 26-foot three point jumper | 17 | 20 |
| 4:01 | | Udonis Haslem defensive rebound | 17 | 20 |
| 3:55 | | Udonis Haslem bad pass (Paul Pierce steals) | 17 | 20 |
| 3:50 | | Paul Pierce makes layup | 17 | 22 |
| 3:40 | | Dwyane Wade makes two point shot | 19 | 22 |
| 3:19 | | Wally Szczerbiak makes 25-foot three point jumper | 19 | 25 |
| 3:00 | | Dwyane Wade makes driving dunk (Shaquille O'Neal assists) | 21 | 25 |
| 2:47 | | Antoine Walker personal foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul) | 21 | 25 |
| 2:47 | | Boston full timeout | 21 | 25 |
| 2:47 | | Orien Greene enters the game for Wally Szczerbiak | 21 | 25 |
| 2:47 | | Gary Payton enters the game for Jason Williams | 21 | 25 |
| 2:47 | | Shandon Anderson enters the game for Udonis Haslem | 21 | 25 |
| 2:38 | | Raef LaFrentz misses 24-foot three point jumper | 21 | 25 |
| 2:35 | | Shaquille O'Neal defensive rebound | 21 | 25 |
| 2:21 | | Raef LaFrentz shooting foul (Shaquille O'Neal draws the foul) | 21 | 25 |
| 2:21 | | Shaquille O'Neal makes free throw 1 of 2 | 22 | 25 |
| 2:21 | | Al Jefferson enters the game for Raef LaFrentz | 22 | 25 |
| 2:21 | | Shaquille O'Neal misses free throw 2 of 2 | 22 | 25 |
| 2:19 | | Al Jefferson defensive rebound | 22 | 25 |
| 2:03 | | Paul Pierce makes driving layup | 22 | 27 |
| 2:03 | | Shandon Anderson shooting foul (Paul Pierce draws the foul) | 22 | 27 |
| 2:03 | | Paul Pierce makes free throw 1 of 1 | 22 | 28 |
| 1:49 | | Shandon Anderson makes 17-foot jumper (Dwyane Wade assists) | 24 | 28 |
| 1:22 | | Paul Pierce misses 25-foot three point jumper | 24 | 28 |
| 1:20 | | Boston defensive rebound | 24 | 28 |
| 1:00 | | Shandon Anderson makes 4-foot running jumper (Dwyane Wade assists) | 26 | 28 |
| 46.9 | | Al Jefferson lost ball (Dwyane Wade steals) | 26 | 28 |
| 35.7 | | Paul Pierce personal foul (Dwyane Wade draws the foul) | 26 | 28 |
| 35.7 | | Alonzo Mourning enters the game for Shaquille O'Neal | 26 | 28 |
| 35.7 | | Brian Scalabrine enters the game for Ryan Gomes | 26 | 28 |
| 26.9 | | Dwyane Wade misses layup | 26 | 28 |
| 24.9 | | Al Jefferson defensive rebound | 26 | 28 |
| 1.9 | | Al Jefferson misses jumper | 26 | 28 |
| 0.6 | | Dwyane Wade defensive rebound | 26 | 28 |
| 0.0 | End of the 1st Quarter | 26 | 28 | |
Regular Season Series
MIA leads 2-0
Game Information
TD Garden
12:30 AM, 2 March 2006
Boston, MA
Attendance: 18,624
- Referees:
- Bernie Fryer
- James Capers
- Tommy Nunez Jr.
2025-26 Southeast Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orlando | 18 | 15 | .545 | - | L1 |
| Miami | 18 | 15 | .545 | - | W3 |
| Atlanta | 15 | 19 | .441 | 3.5 | L7 |
| Charlotte | 11 | 21 | .344 | 6.5 | L1 |
| Washington | 7 | 24 | .226 | 10 | L1 |
2025-26 Atlantic Standings
| Team | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 23 | 9 | .719 | - | W3 |
| Boston | 19 | 12 | .613 | 3.5 | L1 |
| Toronto | 20 | 14 | .588 | 4 | W2 |
| Philadelphia | 16 | 14 | .533 | 6 | L3 |
| Brooklyn | 10 | 20 | .333 | 12 | L1 |
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