The Boston Celtics halted a two-game losing skid, earning a 119-114 win over the Miami Heat. They fought through the hosts' physicality, erasing a 19-point deficit at the Kaseya Center on Thursday night. Manufacturing a 31-7 advantage in second-chance scoring was crucial to doing so. However, the star of the show was Anfernee Simons. The visitors' new sixth man generated 39 points, the fifth-most of his career. Now in Atlanta, his team may have a new reason to lean on him.
A day before facing the Hawks, the Celtics' latest injury report includes Payton Pritchard.