The Boston Celtics and Miami Heat are familiar with each other in the playoffs, as these teams will meet for the third straight postseason with Game 1 in Boston.

During his pregame press conference, Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra gave the Celtics their flowers for a dominant regular season.

“They’ve had a very productive season this year. They’ve improved all across the board. You have to respect what they’ve done. Their record was what it was. The point differential, and all the records that they were breaking during the regular season. You have to respect that, but you also can’t be fearful of that.”

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