The Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics, 117 to 97, on December 5, 1997.

1997-98 Miami Heat

Final

BOS

Celtics

7-11

97

MIA

Heat

12-5

117

Team

1

24

29

2

17

30

3

28

32

4

28

26

Total

97

117

Team Stats

Player Stats

Celtics

Heat

FG Made - Attempted

35-98

42-83

Field Goal %

35.7

50.6

3PT Made - Attempted

5-20

5-15

3PT %

25.0

33.3

FT Made - Attempted

22-31

28-34

Free Throw %

71.0

82.4

Rebounds

51

51

Offensive Rebounds

24

14

Defensive Rebounds

27

37

Assists

16

29

Steals

14

12

Blocks

0

9

Turnovers

15

17

Personal Fouls

23

21

Celtics

Heat

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Antoine Walker	38	26	12	1	1	0	11-26	0-6	4-10	4	3	-14	6	6	42.3	0.0	40.0
Walter McCarty	35	17	8	4	0	0	3-10	1-4	10-11	0	4	-23	5	3	30.0	25.0	90.9
Travis Knight	34	13	7	2	3	0	5-16	0-1	3-4	3	3	-11	4	3	31.3	0.0	75.0
Ron Mercer	20	2	3	2	2	0	1-9	0-0	0-0	1	2	-18	2	1	11.1
Tyus Edney	13	3	3	1	1	0	1-4	0-0	1-2	1	1	-4	2	1	25.0		50.0

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Chauncey Billups	23	17	0	1	2	0	6-10	3-4	2-2	2	2	-5	0	0	60.0	75.0	100.0
Bruce Bowen	21	9	4	1	1	0	4-7	1-1	0-0	1	4	-9	3	1	57.1	100.0
Dee Brown	21	2	6	2	2	0	1-7	0-3	0-0	1	0	+2	1	5	14.3	0.0
Andrew DeClercq	16	4	5	0	1	0	2-3	0-0	0-0	2	4	-10	1	4	66.7
Dana Barros	13	4	2	1	0	0	1-4	0-1	2-2	0	0	-11	0	2	25.0	0.0	100.0
Greg Minor	6	0	1	1	1	0	0-2	0-0	0-0	0	0	+3	0	1	0.0

Starters

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Tim Hardaway	35	18	6	10	4	1	6-12	0-4	6-6	2	3	+23	0	6	50.0	0.0	100.0
Jamal Mashburn	33	18	9	4	0	0	6-12	0-1	6-6	3	4	+12	1	8	50.0	0.0	100.0
P.J. Brown	29	11	12	1	0	2	5-7	0-0	1-4	1	4	+17	4	8	71.4		25.0
Isaac Austin	28	16	6	2	1	4	7-16	0-0	2-3	2	2	+23	4	2	43.8		66.7
Voshon Lenard	24	11	3	3	1	0	4-8	1-3	2-3	3	2	+11	2	1	50.0	33.3	66.7

Bench

NAME	MIN	PTS	REB	AST	STL	BLK	FG	3PT	FT	TOV	PF	+/-	OREB	DREB	FG%	3P%	FT%
Eric Murdock	28	9	1	6	4	0	2-8	0-1	5-6	2	1	+10	0	1	25.0	0.0	83.3
Dan Majerle	27	9	2	1	1	1	3-4	3-4	0-0	2	0	+6	0	2	75.0	75.0
Terry Mills	17	2	5	0	0	0	1-5	0-1	0-0	0	2	-2	0	5	20.0	0.0
Mark Strickland	16	20	6	1	0	1	7-10	0-0	6-6	1	1	-1	3	3	70.0		100.0
Charles Smith	3	3	1	1	1	0	1-1	1-1	0-0	1	2	+1	0	1	100.0	100.0

Explore

More Heat Stats

Team Leaders

PPG

24.5

Herro

Tyler Herro

RPG

10.4

Adebayo

Bam Adebayo

APG

9.0

Herro

Tyler Herro

Team Rankings

ORTG

114.0

21st

DRTG

112.2

5th

NETRTG

1.8

16th

3P%

37.0

12th

2023-24 Conference Standings

	TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB
6	Pacers	47	35	.573	17.0
7	76ers	47	35	.573	17.0
8	Heat	46	36	.561	18.0
9	Bulls	39	43	.476	25.0
10	Hawks	36	46	.439	28.0

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Wed 4/24	MIA	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Sat 4/27	BOS	@	MIA	6:00 PM
Mon 4/29	BOS	@	MIA	1:00 PM
Wed 5/1	MIA	@	BOS	1:00 PM
Fri 5/3	BOS	@	MIA	1:00 PM

Last Game

BOS

1-0

114

Final

94

MIA

0-1

Sun 21 Apr 2024

NBA 2023-24 Leaders

Playoff PPG Leaders

36.0

Siakam

Pascal Siakam

35.0

Lillard

Damian Lillard

34.0

Maxey

Tyrese Maxey

Playoff RPG Leaders

20.0

Valanciunas

Jonas Valanciunas

19.0

Allen

Jarrett Allen

16.0

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

Playoff APG Leaders

10.0

James

LeBron James

10.0

Tatum

Jayson Tatum

8.5

Jokic

Nikola Jokic

Playoff SPG Leaders

4.0

Alexander-Walker

Nickeil Alexander-Walker

3.0

Beal

Bradley Beal

3.0

Connaughton

Pat Connaughton

Playoff BPG Leaders

5.0

Holmgren

Chet Holmgren

3.0

III

Trey Murphy III

3.0

Lopez

Brook Lopez

Playoff 3PM Leaders

6.0

Harden

James Harden

6.0

Lillard

Damian Lillard

5.0

III

Trey Murphy III

Playoff TS% Leaders

121.4

Wright

Delon Wright

100.0

Hauser

Sam Hauser

85.0

White

Derrick White

NBA 2023-24 Rankings

Playoff ORtg Rankings

Celtics

129.5

Timberwolves

124.7

Knicks

119.2

Clippers

117.4

Nuggets

115.8

76ers

113.6

Playoff DRtg Rankings

Cavaliers

89.7

Bucks

96.0

Timberwolves

98.7

Thunder

98.9

Pelicans

101.1

Magic

102.5

Playoff NetRtg Rankings

Timberwolves

26.0

Celtics

22.7

Bucks

15.3

Clippers

12.9

Cavaliers

12.7

Nuggets

7.0

Playoff Tank Leaderboard

Magic

0-2

Heat

0-1

Pelicans

0-1

Mavericks

0-1

Suns

0-1

Pacers

0-1

NBA 2023-24 Betting

Best Record ATS

Magic

51-33

Mavericks

48-35

76ers

49-36

Rockets

45-35-2

Thunder

46-36-1

Pelicans

46-38-1

Worst Record ATS

Hawks

29-54

34-48

Bucks

36-47

Raptors

36-46

Nets

34-44-4

Suns

36-46-1

NBA 2023-24 Conference Standings

	Eastern	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Celtics	64	18	.780
2	Knicks	50	32	.610	14.0
3	Bucks	49	33	.598	15.0
4	Cavaliers	48	34	.585	16.0
5	Magic	47	35	.573	17.0
6	Pacers	47	35	.573	17.0

	Western	W	L	PCT	GB
1	Thunder	57	25	.695
2	Nuggets	57	25	.695
3	Timberwolves	56	26	.683	1.0
4	Clippers	51	31	.622	6.0
5	Mavericks	50	32	.610	7.0
6	Suns	49	33	.598	8.0

NBA 2023-24 Scores & Schedule

Scores

DATE	MATCHUP			SCORE
Sun 4/21	PHI	@	NYK	101-104
Sun 4/21	LAL	@	DEN	99-101
Sun 4/21	ORL	@	CLE	86-96
Sat 4/20	NOP	@	OKC	92-94
Sat 4/20	MIA	@	BOS	94-114

Schedule

DATE	MATCHUP			TIME (ET)
Tue 4/23	PHX	@	MIN	7:30 PM
Tue 4/23	IND	@	MIL	8:30 PM
Tue 4/23	DAL	@	LAC	10:00 PM
Wed 4/24	MIA	@	BOS	7:00 PM
Wed 4/24	NOP	@	OKC	9:30 PM