Miami Heat at Golden State Preview

The Miami Heat face the Golden State Warriors Wednesday in Oakland

Game time: 10 p.m., ET

TV: ESPN

Betting line: Clippers -1

Vitals: The Heat and Warriors meet for their only matchup in the first half of the season. Last season, Miami swept the season-series, 2-0, and has now won three-straight against Golden State. The Heat are 31-32 all-time versus the Warriors during the regular season, including 18-13 in home games and 13-19 in road games.... Center Bam Adebayo has recorded a team-leading 14 double-doubles ... Forward Moe Harkless (thigh) is probable while Avery Bradley (calf), Goran Dragic (ankle), Meyers Leonard (shoulder) and Chris Silva (hip) are out.

Projected starting lineups:

HEAT

G Duncan Robinson

G Kendrick Nunn

C Bam Adebayo

F Kelly Olynyk

F Jimmy Butler

WARRIORS

G Stephen Curry

G Kelly Oubre

C Draymond Green

F Andrew Wiggins

F Juan Toscano-Anderson

QUOTABLE

Heat forward Jimmy Butler: “It’s just who we are right now,” forward Jimmy Butler said of the Heat being unable to sustain anything meaningful this season. “It’s not a good thing. No excuses. We’ve got to fix it. We’re capable. We’re still a very, very, very good team. We just don’t play as it sometimes or look it sometimes. And then, at times, I think we believe.”

Heat guard Tyler Herro: “It’s been a challenge. I think you guys see it. From game to game, it’s the offense or it’s the defense. But we’re just still working to be able to really put a full 48 minutes on both ends and really put it together. We gotta figure it out.”

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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