MIAMI -- With his team facing playoff elimination, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Wednesday he might consider starting Chris Bosh for Game 6 against the Boston Celtics, but even if Bosh comes off the bench, Spoelstra certainly would have a larger role for the All-Star forward in his second game back from injury.

Bosh was limited to just 14 minutes and didn't play at all in the fourth quarter of Tuesday's 94-90 loss to the Celtics, who carry a 3-2 series lead into Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals on Thursday in Boston.

"I'm still going through that thought process," Spoelstra said after the Heat wrapped up practice in Miami before traveling to Boston. "But I think he'll be able to handle a bigger load of minutes, and it'll be based more on how he'll feel during the game."

Bosh had nine points and seven rebounds, including six offensive, over a series of short stints in his first game since he suffered a strained abdominal muscle on May 13 in Game 1 of the conference semifinals against Indiana.