Inter Miami forward Lionel Messi took a night off to watch the Miami Heat.
Eight-time Ballon d’Or winner Messi — along with teammates Jordi Alba, Sergio Busquets and Luis Suárez — arrived just before tip-off of the Heat playoff game with the Boston Celtics on Monday night.
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Messi’s group — some clad in Heat attire and Busquets wearing a Heat hoodie — arrived in the players’ parking garage, then were brought in through a VIP entrance before making their way to their seats in a suite atop the lower level.
Messi has been to the arena before for at least one other event, but never before had arranged to be at a Heat game since moving to Miami last year.
