Here’s the Celtics’ Eastern Conference Finals schedule against the Miami Heat

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By Bryan Lambert

BOSTON — For the third time in four years, it’s South Beach vs Causeway Street.

After a runaway second half in Game 7 against the Philadelphia 76ers, the Boston Celtics punched their ticket to the Conference Finals for the fifth time since 2017.

They’ll meet a familiar foe in Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat. After a lackluster regular season, Butler and company have come alive in the spring and are the first 8-seed to make the Conference Finals since 1999.

Miami and Boston squared off in the Conference Finals in the Orlando Bubble in 2020 and again in 2022.

Here’s how the series schedule shakes out:

• Game 1: Heat at Celtics, Wednesday, May 17, 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT

• Game 2: Heat at Celtics, Friday, May 19, 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT

• Game 3: Celtics at Heat, Sunday, May 21, 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT

• Game 4: Celtics at Heat, Tuesday, May 23, 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT

• Game 5: Heat at Celtics, Thursday, May 25. 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT (if necessary)

• Game 6: Celtics at Heat, Saturday, May 27, 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT (if necessary)

• Game 7: Heat at Celtics, Monday, May 29, 8:30 p.m. ET, TNT (if necessary)

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