Following the Miami Heat’s second half blown lead to the hands of the Chicago Bulls, they will aim to respond on the second night of a back-to-back against the Philadelphia 76ers. Philly will be playing on a back-to-back as well, and are coming off a tight 118-116 victory over the Dallas Mavericks on Tuesday evening.
76ers superstar Joel Embiid led the way on route to that win, totaling a 29 points, 11 rebounds and 10 assists double-double. However, he is already shut down from appearing in tonight’s game. The former MVP has only played 14 total games this season due to an assortment of injuries.
However, Philadelphia will still have his co-star in Tyrese Maxey ready to go. He dropped a 33 points and 13 assists double-double in their most recent win, and his scoring average on the season his skyrocketed to a career-high 27.8 points on 45% shooting.
The Heat received strong efforts from their frontcourt pieces in Bam Adebayo, Kel’el Ware and Nikola Jovic on Tuesday in Chicago. But their backcourt production and efficiency was shaky. Tyler Herro is in need of a bounce back outing, as Terry Rozier limped his way to just 2 of 12 shooting in his near 30 minutes.
Duncan Robinson only appeared in 10 minutes of playing time during the loss, but contributed 8 points in that span.
It is unknown if Robinson is fighting an injury that held him out, as today’s injury report has not released yet for either team.
Injury Report (at the time of this publishing):
Miami Heat:
- NOT YET SUBMITTED.
Philadelphia 76ers:
- NOT YET SUBMITTED.
Projected Starting 5 (subject to change):
Miami Heat:
- Tyler Herro, G
- Duncan Robinson, G
- Haywood Highsmith, F
- Bam Adebayo, C
- Kel’el Ware, C
Philadelphia 76ers:
- Tyrese Maxey, G
- Reggie Jackson, G
- Kelly Oubre Jr., F
- Justin Edwards, F
- Guerschon Yabusele, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 7:30 PM EST
- TV: Fanduel Sports Network Sun
- Radio: AM 560 Sports WQAM & The HEAT Radio Network (Jason Jackson)
- Spanish Radio: WAQI 710 AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda)
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