How To Watch Miami Heat-Denver Nuggets, Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Odds

The Miami Heat play the Denver Nuggets Thursday for the first time since the teams met in last year's NBA Finals

Game time: 10 pm., ET

Where: Ball Arena, Denver

TV: TNT

Betting line: Heat +5.5

VITALS: The Heat and Nuggets meet for the first of two matchups this regular season. Last season, Denver won both regular season contests, and more recently, the teams met in the NBA Finals. The Heat are 34-38 all-time versus the Nuggets during the regular season, including 20-15 in home games and 14-23 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Terry Rozier

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Caleb Martin

F Jimmy Butler

NUGGETS

F Michael Porter Jr

F Aaron Gordon 

C Nikola Jokic 

G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

G Jamal Murray 

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Thomas Bryant: Out - League Suspension

Tyler Herro: Questionable - Left Knee Hyperextension

Josh Richardson: Out - Right Shoulder Dislocation

Orlando Robinson: Questionable - Lower Back Spasms

Dru Smith: Out - Right Knee Surgery

NUGGETS

Hunter Tyson: Questionable - Finger 

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