The No. 4 Boston Celtics and No. 5 Miami Heat are matched in the first round of the 2010 NBA Playoffs.
Season Series: Celtics won, 3-0
Series Schedule & Results
Share Game 1 -- Saturday, April 17: Celtics 85, Heat 76 | Box Score
Game 2 -- Tuesday, April 20: Celtics 106, Heat 77 | Box Score
Game 3 -- Friday, April 23: Celtics 100, Heat 98 | Box Score
Game 4 -- Sunday, April 25: Heat 101, Celtics 92 | Box Score
Game 5 -- Tuesday, April 27: Celtics 96, Heat 86 | Box Score

Full Celtics-Heat Coverage
4/27: Game 5: Wade Ponders Future After Being Bounced by Celtics
4/25: Game 4: Dwyane Wade Leaves Miami One to Remember
4/23: Game 3: Pierce's Buzzer-Beater Sinks Heat
4/23: Beasley Takes Criticism for Struggles
4/19: Mariotti: Garnett's Elbow May Cost Celtics
4/18: Kevin Garnett Suspended for Game 2
4/18: Garnett Ejected in Scuffle, Could Miss Game 2
4/17: Game 1: Celtics Turn to Bench to Slow Wade
4/16: Shoals and Ziller: Celtics vs. Heat Preview
Series Prediction
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Overall |
Sweep |
5 GMS |
6 GMS |
7 GMS |
|
Boston Celtics |
59.6% |
13.5% |
16.0% |
16.4% |
13.7% |
|
Miami Heat |
40.4% |
3.3% |
10.4% |
12.8 |
13.9% |
(Series predictions provided by PredictionMachine.com. PredictionMachine.com plays every game 50,000 times to provide straight-up, against-the-spread and over/under picks. For instance, in the NCAA Tournament, the Predictalator accurately picked 77% of all 64 games straight-up and 60% against-the-spread.)
Full NBA Playoffs Coverage
No. 1 Los Angeles Lakers vs. No. 8 Oklahoma City Thunder
No. 2 Dallas Mavericks vs. No. 7 San Antonio Spurs
No. 3 Phoenix Suns vs. No. 6 Portland Trail Blazers
No. 4 Denver Nuggets vs. No. 5 Utah Jazz
No. 1 Cleveland Cavaliers vs. No. 8 Chicago Bulls
No. 2 Orlando Magic vs. No. 7 Charlotte Bobcats
No. 3 Atlanta Hawks vs. No. 6 Milwaukee Bucks
No. 4 Boston Celtics vs. No. 5 Miami Heat




