The Inter Miami star and World Cup winner, Lionel Messi, arrived at the Heat playoff game with the Boston Celtics on Monday night.
Messi arrived along with his teammates Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets, and Luis Suarez, they came through a VIP entrance and made their way to their seats in a suite atop the lower level.
Leo Messi, Luis Suárez, Sergio Busquets and Jordi Alba ready to support the Miami Heat ⚽️🏀
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While Messi adorned a casual look with a clean denim jacket, Busquets wore a Heat hoodie, and Suarez wore a black ‘Heat Culture’ jersey with his name on the back and Number 9.
On Monday night’s Game 4 of the Eastern Conference playoffs, the Miami Heat with another slow start lost 88-102 to the Boston Celtics at Kaseya Center.
The Heat were down by a 12-point second quarter, and the Celtics took advantage by building a 17-point halftime lead. In the second half, down by as many as 28 in the second half before the Heat made it respectable in the fourth quarter, pulling to within 13 at one point.
Derrick White scored a career-high 38 points and Jayson Tatum added 20 points and 10 rebounds as the Celtics took a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference first-round series.
For Miami, Bam Adebayo finished with 25 points, 17 rebounds, and five assists as the Heat managed only 84 points in Game 3 and struggled again on offense in Game 4.
In the sellout crowd that includes Messi and co plays for Inter Miami who are in 6-2-3 this season in Major League Soccer. They are in first place in the Eastern Conference and with the most points of any team in the league.
