Celtics–Heat rivalry
Heat player Jason Kapono attempts an open jump shot during their final 2005–06 regular season game at TD Banknorth Garden. | |
Boston Celtics
Miami Heat
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| First meeting | November 15, 1988 Celtics 84, Heat 65 |
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| Latest meeting | February 6th, 2026 Celtics 98, Heat 96 |
| Next meeting | April 1, 2026 |
| Statistics | |
| Meetings total | 185 |
| All-time series | Celtics: 109–77 |
| Regular season series | Celtics: 88–56 |
| Postseason results | Tied: 21–21 |
| Longest win streak | Celtics, 10 |
| Current win streak | Celtics, 2 |
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Locations of the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat.
The Celtics–Heat rivalry is a National Basketball Association (NBA) rivalry between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat. It is widely regarded as one of the most intense postseason rivalries in NBA history.
Media writers generally state that the rivalry between the two teams solidified in the 2010s, after both teams formed "Big Threes" that began to face each other in multiple consecutive playoff matchups.
The two teams have met each other in four Eastern Conference Finals: 2012, 2020, 2022, and 2023. All seven years the two teams have met in the postseason, the winner made the NBA Finals that year.