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MIAMI — There have been many of these games this season, arguably too many.

The Celtics Wire caught up with the DePaul alum in Mexico City ahead of his Heat's tilt with the Spurs for the Mexico City Games.

BOSTON — Jayson Tatum rolled off a screening action with Grant Williams and suddenly — somehow — found himself all alone with the ball beyond the 3-point arc. On a night he punished the Heat for 48 minutes, there was little question what was coming next.

The second of four such meetings between the two East rivals, both teams will be looking to protect their own respective win streaks of three (Heat) and four (Celtics) games.

If you aren’t sure of what to make of the Heat, who stand just 10–11 a quarter of the way through this NBA campaign, don’t worry. Really, none of us do at this point. Over their last 16 games, the Heat—coming off a run to Game 7 of the Eastern…

MIAMI — Bam Adebayo gave all he had.

MINNEAPOLIS — Continuing a recent trend, the Timberwolves played yet another shorthanded team Monday at Target Center.

WASHINGTON — There have been similar moments in Miami Heat lore, including Rex Chapman going 9 of 10 on 3-pointers and a roster short-handed at the 1996 NBA trading deadline beating Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls, or more recently, the Heat signing an entire bench on emergency COVID-19 contracts…

TORONTO — The other side of .500 will have to wait at least until Sunday night, against the emerging Cleveland Cavaliers.