Miami Heat Have Just 10 Players Available Tonight Against Denver Nuggets
The Miami Heat are playing without several players tonight against the Denver Nuggets because of injuries.
The latest scratch was guard Tyler Herro, who is dealing with a knee issue. The others out are Omer Yurtseven (foot), Duncan Robinson (finger), Kyle Lowry (knee), Victor Oladipo (ankle) and Nikola Jovic (back).
That leaves the Heat with just 10 available players against the top team in the Western Conference.
Here's the game preview:
Game time: 7:30 p.m., ET
Where: Miami-Dade Arena
TV: Bally Sports Sun
Betting line: Heat -1.5
VITALS: The Miami Heat and Nuggets meet for the second and final matchup this regular season. Earlier this season, Denver recorded a, 124-119, win on 12/30 and has now won five-straight against Miami. The Heat are 34-37 all-time versus the Nuggets during the regular season, including 20- 14 in home games and 14-23 in road games...... For the Heat, Kyle Lowry (knee), Nikola Jovic (back), Duncan Robinson (finger), Orlando Robinson (thumb), Victor Oladipo (ankle), Tyler Herro (knee) and Omer Yurtseven (ankle) are out and Gabe Vincent (ankle), Max Strus (shoulder), Bam Adebayo (knee) and Haywood Highsmith (elbow) are probable. For the Nuggets, Collin Gillespie (leg) and Zeke Nnaji (shoulder) are out and Aaron Gordon (rib), and Jamal Murray (knee) are questionable.
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Max Strus
G Gabe Vincent
C Bam Adebayo
F Jimmy Butler
F Caleb Martin
NUGGETS
F Michael Porter Jr
F Vlatko Cancar
C Nikola Jokic
G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
G Bruce Brown
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