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Injury Report
Miami Heat:
- Josh Christopher (G-League) — AVAILABLE
- Kel’el Ware (knee) — OUT
- Davion Mitchell (quad) — AVAILABLE
- Nikola Jovic (hand) — OUT
- Dru Smith (achilles) — OUT
- Isaiah Stevens (G-League) — AVAILABLE
- Jaime Jaquez Jr. (ankle) — OUT
- Andrew Wiggins (ankle) — OUT
Cleveland Cavaliers:
- Emoni Bates (G-League) — OUT
- Luke Travers (G-League) — OUT
Starting 5:
Miami Heat:
- Tyler Herro, G
- Davion Mitchell, G
- Haywood Highsmith, F
- Bam Adebayo, F
- Kevin Love, C
Cleveland Cavaliers:
- Donovan Mitchell, G
- Darius Garland, G
- Max Strus, F
- Evan Mobley, F
- Jarrett Allen, C
Broadcast Info:
- Tipoff: 7:00 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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Giving some thought to the play-in round and the playoffs. In the last three games, Miami has given the Knicks and the Cavaliers close games they easily could have won, even though they were not at full strength. If, that’s a big if, the team is at full strength by the play-in round, can get it’s game together and make the playoffs, I can see the guys giving Cleveland, Boston or New York a tough, grueling first round series.
The Heat’s rotation should include:
Starters:
Mitchell, Herro, Wiggins, Bam, Ware
2-4 rotation players selected from the remaining group, based on who is playing the best basketball.
Highsmith, Robinson, Anderson, Jaquez, Burks, Love, Rozier, Larsson, Johnson and Jovic*
*Jovic won’t require surgery to repair the fractured second metacarpal on his right hand, but his status for the rest of the season remains in question. Last Tuesday, the Heat announced that Jovic would wear a splint on his right hand and be re-evaluated in four weeks (late March) before a determination is made on his next steps. With Jovic sidelined through at least late March, the Heat have opened up more minutes at forward for Kyle Anderson and Haywood Highsmith in recent games.
Ok good enough for me. No Ware, Tyler, JJJ, Wiggins.
close only good in horseshoes.dunc out of bounds like to see a review but he was prob out no .ty terry for being your usual sht u cant be this bad terry i watched u with bost and char.come out and please explain why all these ez misses terry.if your on the take i can understand these bad misses u cant be this bad terry ive watched u play good ball for a decade terry
FBI must be getting close. Plus, he apparently misses playing in Charlotte.
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there are certain angles on tv where it looks like hes not trying to get the ball in .maybe he needs an eye exam but it looks like hes missing these shots on purpose.hes not aiming for the ball to go in on some of his ez looks they are not even close also hes banking his layups to hard for them to go in.rc questioned this but im really thinking somethings up.with scary terry.
OK, I will try putting this a different way. Let’s say that you knew your phone was being tapped by the FBI. Would you get on the phone with your friends and talk about the big heist that you plan to do at the airport? That would not make much sense now would it? Do you really think that if he knows he is being investigated, that at this point in time he would for some reason, and you seem to think the reason is he might still be betting on games, that he would do it WHILE he is being investigated? That makes zero sense. Do you honestly believe he would risk a permanent ban or even jail time by deliberately missing shots? Come on, you’re much smarter than that..
Great effort by the heat, awesome game from bam, but spo was too stubborn for his own good. Scary Terry was out for all the wrong reasons, had no business playing all them 4th quarter minutes.
Yup, he got far too many minutes.
Hopefully this opens spo’s eyes, to let other players get those minutes.
I wish that was true, but I’m not hopeful.
Too bad about the loss but still proud of the team.
congrats bam u showed u can be a ss now need to see that game in game out
white line out of bounds?
sdpos last second plays never work .butler was always chucking up wild 3s
Never cared for Strus I hope we win to shut this guy up
Really good game from kyle.
kyles best heat game
butterfingers
3- 14 shooting 1-8 from 3 for terry but yet gets all these 4th quarter minutes.
Sad
Smh
spobot tanking
Should of took out terry instead of dunc
yes
This is the game that is going to officially send me over Rozier I am going to LOSE IT
have u watched the previous 60
About time, terry been terrible.
omg terry y is he shooting
dunc out hmmm
Kabam with 3 threes
Mitchell!
Oops sorry that’s the other one lol
Why tf is Terry in where is Mitchell
Hfl jinx it
ka bam wow wow
this is the best game ive seen bam play since he torched theiss in the playoffs
Dang strus, I like strudels better anyway.
A little common sense lesson here. If you were under indictment for committing burglaries, and you knew that police were watching everything you were doing, would you go out and commit more burglaries? Let me answer that for you. No.
THATS SOME BIG BOY BUSINESS BAM
ss bam tonight
middle of zone needs to be compressed make them shoot outside shots
bams our best player guys
Whats Bam’s score?
29/12/5/2
Wow! Hope he takes this home brings the W
29/12/5
mobleys their 2nd best player
mobley is he hurt havent seen him in there
terrys d is better than mitchells thats why hes in there
If Heat win this I’ll stop whining ’bout that Knicks loss
Me too lol
BAM BAM BIGELOW
one big dude remember those tatoos on his noggin
CAPTAIN BAMERICA
terrys missing on purpose investigation warranted
No. Use logic bro
i know its hard to fathom but hes missing ez shots and there not in and outters.not even close.like hes making sure they dont go in
Like I said above, that wouldn’t make sense. I think the truth is just that he’s been really bad this year. I think it’s that simple.
Kabam 3
Hell yeah bam way to step up
Closing lineup today
Bam Anderson Duncan Mitchell Highsmith
Thoughts?
I agree with you 💯
need terry on spider i guess.mitchell d not that good too small
Nah mitchell playing better, doesn’t blow layups like rozier, and mitchell is the better playmaker currently, terry got like 4 or 5 turnovers.
Great pass slo-mo
slomo been excellent
Bam doing it all tonight
duncs had some good d moments 2
duncyard dogs offense impressive at all levels
they got the better d mitchell we got the better d wade
Of course Terry makes that one
Duncyard dog out in full effect
dunc great pass there
Miami playing hard and battling, love to see it.
dunc tough shot there wow