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How To Watch Miami Heat-Oklahoma City Thunder, Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Lines

Shandel Richardson

Dec 19, 2024; Orlando, Florida, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) controls the ball against the Orlando Magic in the fourth quarter at Kia Center. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images
Dec 19, 2024; Orlando, Florida, USA; Oklahoma City Thunder guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (2) controls the ball against the Orlando Magic in the fourth quarter at Kia Center. Mandatory Credit: Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images / Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images
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Game time: 8 p.m., Kaseya Center, Miami


TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Betting line: Thunder -1.5

VITALS: The Heat and Thunder meet for the first of two regular season matchups. Last season, Oklahoma City won the series, 2-0, after
Miami won the previous three season matchups, 6-0. The Heat are 30-42 all-time versus OKC during the regular season, including 16-20 in home
games and 14-22 in road games.


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PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Duncan Robinson

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Jimmy Butler

F Haywood Highsmith

THUNDER

F Jalen Williams

F Luguentz Dort

C Isaiah Hartenstein

G Cason Wallace

G Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Pelle Larsson: Questionable - ankle

Nikola Jovic: Questionable - ankle

Josh Christopher: Out - G League

Keshad Johnson: Questionable - Two-way

Josh Richardson: Doubtful - Heel

THUNDER

Jalen Bridges: Out - G League

Ryan Dunn: Questionable - Ankle

Kevin Durant: Out - Ankle

Collin Gillespie: Out - Two-way

Jusuf Nurkic: Out: Thigh

Alex Ducas: Out - G League

Adam Flagler: Out - G League

Chet Holmgren: Out - Back

Dillon Jones: Out - G League

Nikola Topic: Out - Knee

Jaylin Williams: Out - Hamstring

QUOTABLE

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Sunday's first Coach Spo’s 5K, an event benefiting Nicklaus Children’s Hospital and the Miami Heat Charitable Fund: “This is something that I’ve wanted to do for a couple of years. It’s dear to our heart, the cause, our family. And the Miami Heat foundation has been tremendous with this.

“The staff and people that work at the Miami Children’s Hospital, they are angels, angels from above, and I can’t recommend it enough for people to go visit and just see what they’re about and see what kind of miracles are happening there. You can go there and just offer encouragement. Donations are awesome, as well.”

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here