The Miami Heat look to salvage the five-game road trip Monday against the Atlanta Hawks.
It also marks the end of the extended five-game trip away from home, where the Heat are 1-3. It will also be playing on the second night of a back-to-back after losing Sunday evening in Milwaukee to the Bucks. The Heat blew yet another fourth-quarter lead after entering the period up eight, getting outscored 35-30 — including 15-2 over the first three minutes — in the disappointing loss.
Heat wing Nikola Jovic also suffered a broken hand and could miss at least most of the rest of the season. He scored just seven points on 3-of-4 shooting in 15 minutes and did not play the entire second half.
The Hawks, also playing on the second leg of a back-to-back, have lost three straight to the New York Knicks (overtime), Orlando Magic and Detroit Pistons, respectively.
In Sunday’s five-point loss to Detroit, Trae Young exploded for 38 points and 13 assists on 10-of-24 shooting and 6-of-15 from 3-point range. Dyson Daniels posted 24 points and four steals on 10-of-14 shooting while Georges Niang added 27 points with seven triples off the bench.
Monday’s matchup between the two teams will be the first of two consecutive games against each other this week. Atlanta owns the only win of the season, coming on Dec. 28 in Atlanta (120-110).
Do you think the Heat can end this extended road trip on a positive note? Let us know in the comments!
Injury Report (at the time of this publishing):
Miami Heat:
NOT YET SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PUBLISHING
Atlanta Hawks:
NOT YET SUBMITTED AT TIME OF PUBLISHING
Projected Starting 5 (subject to change):
Miami Heat:
- Davion Mitchell, G
- Tyler Herro, G
- Andrew Wiggins, F
- Bam Adebayo, C
- Kel’el Ware, C
Atlanta Hawks:
- Trae Young, G
- Dyson Daniels, G
- Zaccharie Risacher, F
- Mouhamed Gueye, F
- Onyeka Okongwu, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 7:30 PM EST
- TV: Fanduel Sports Network Sun (Eric Reid & John Crotty)
- 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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How mediocre is this year’s team?
I don’t know how anyone else feels, but I sure would like for Miami to get two draft picks this summer, with one or both being lottery picks. I’m sure there is a good two-way PG and a two-way PF/C among this year’s prospects.
Once a tanker, always a tanker.
Look at Philly.
So I m against it.
Philly is run by clowns, you can’t trust the process, but you can trust heat culture.
We are better than those. At least I hope.