Can Miami down the struggling Spurs before hitting the road?
The Miami Heat will look to close their three-game homestand note as they face the lowly San Antonio Spurs on Saturday at 5:00 p.m. ET at FTX Arena.
The Heat got its bad taste out of its month from earlier in the week on Thursday, downing the Los Angeles Clippers behind another 30-point outing from Adebayo and yet another game where Jimmy Butler took over late, scoring the team’s final eight points in the 115-110 win. The Heat lost their first game of their three-game homestand to the struggling Detroit Pistons by 20 points, so I advice the Heat not take the Spurs lightly, despite their record.
Believe it or not, the Spurs have been a worse road team than the Heat this season, sporting the league’s worst road NET Rating (-12.7) while surrendering 121.3 points per 100 possessions in such games, over two points more than the next-worst team.
San Antonio snapped their 11-game losing streak on Thursday, beating the Houston Rockets 118-109 behind 32 points from Keldon Johnson and 26 points from Tre Jones. Let’s see if Miami can continue to build momentum heading into a four-game win streak against a team they should — in theory — beat (badly).
INACTIVE/INJURIES
MIAMI:
- Jimmy Butler (knee) — PROBABLE
- Jamal Cain (G-League) — OUT
- Dewayne Dedmon (foot) — QUESTIONABLE
- Tyler Herro (ankle) — PROBABLE
- Nikola Jovic (G-League) — OUT
- Victor Oladipo (knee) — PROBABLE
- Duncan Robinson (ankle) — PROBABLE
- Max Strus (shoulder) — PROBABLE
- Gabe Vincent (knee) — OUT
- Omer Yurtseven (ankle) — OUT
SAN ANTONIO:
- Dominick Barlow (G-League) — OUT
- Keita Bates-Diop (foot) — OUT
- Jakob Poeltl (knee) — OUT
- Jeremy Sochan (quad) — OUT
- Devin Vassell (knee) — QUESTIONABLE
- Blake Wesley (MCL) — OUT
BROADCAST INFO
TV: Bally Sports Sun
TIPOFF: 5:00 PM EST
RADIO: The Ticket 790AM & The HEAT Radio Network (Jason Jackson, Ruth Riley Hunter)
SPANISH RADIO: WAQI 710AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda, Joe Pujala)
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