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The Miami Heat are back in action Thursday night, as they will play host to Jaylen Brown and the rival Boston Celtics inside the Kaseya Center.
After a slow start to the season, the Celtics currently sit at the third seed in the Eastern Conference with a 24-15 record. As Jayson Tatum has been sidelined while rehabbing an achilles tear, Jaylen Brown has elevated his game to a true number one option for them in Tatum’s absence. Brown is averaging a career-high 29.5 points, 6.4 rebounds and 5.0 assists on nearly 50% shooting and 38% from 3-point range.
The Heat will have limited options in the rotation able to contain the superstardom of Brown, as Davion Mitchell is listed as doubtful after suffering a shoulder contusion in Miami’s previous win over the Phoenix Suns. Jaime Jaquez Jr. is questionable and Tyler Herro and Nikole Jovic are both probable. There’s a strong chance that coach Erik Spoelstra could test out a Herro and Powell starting backcourt in Mitchell’s absence, which could pave a way for Kel’el Ware to potentially get more reps with the starters.
Miami’s exciting win over the Suns was one of the best of the season thus far. Bam Adebayo snapped out of his scoring slump with an elite 29-point two-way performance, as Herro and Powell each added 23+ points as well. They will aim to upset Boston and secure back-to-back victories at home.
Injury Report (at the time of this publishing):
Boston Celtics:
- Jayson Tatum (achilles) — OUT
- Josh Minott (ankle) — OUT
Miami Heat:
- Davion Mitchell (shoulder) — DOUBTFUL
- Jaime Jaquez Jr. (knee) — QUESTIONABLE
- Tyler Herro (toe/rib) — PROBABLE
- Nikola Jovic (knee) — PROBABLE
- Myron Gardner (g-league) — OUT
- Vlad Goldin (g-league) — OUT
- Jahmir Young (g-league) — OUT
- Terry Rozier (not with team) — OUT
Projected Starting 5 (subject to change):
Boston Celtics:
- Payton Pritchard, G
- Derrick White, G
- Jaylen Brown, F
- Sam Hauser, F
- Neemias Queta, C
Miami Heat:
- Tyler Herro, G
- Norman Powell, G/F
- Pelle Larsson, G/F
- Andrew Wiggins, F
- Bam Adebayo, 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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I believe Fan Duel is going bankrupt. They no longer represent the nine baseball teams they covered, including the Marlins. I wonder how it is impacting the Heat?
Boston is always a good test. We lost too much games against the main competition, like Toronto, Boston, Orlando.
kuminga would be a nice fit here would they like the man with a wig back.first day kuminga could be traded.kerr hates the guy
Let him be someone else’s problem. Plus, we’re too busy trying to make Ja our problem. 😛
he’d come cheap we did them a favor they owe us one
Might as well go for broke. Trade the ranch for Ja, Zion and Kuminga. Maybe one of them will hit. Sounds like a good plan.