Orlando Magic at Miami Heat Preview

The Miami Heat play host to the Orlando Magic Monday at FTX Arena
Orlando Magic at Miami Heat Preview
Orlando Magic at Miami Heat Preview /

Game time: 7:30 p.m., ET

Where: FTX Arena

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -14

VITALS: The Heat and Magic meet for the first of four matchups this regular season. Last season, Miami won the series, 2-1, and have now earned victories in five of their last six matchups. The Heat are 70-56 all-time versus Orlando during the regular season, including 38-24 in home games and 32-32 in road games.. ... Guard Gabe Vincent finished second on the team in charges taken last season with 12. ... Tyler Herro posted a 30-point, 10-rebound double-double off the bench at IND on 10/23, becoming the first Heat reserve to ever score at least 30 points and grab at least 10 rebounds in a game ... For the Heat, guard Victor Oladipo (knee) is out and Kyle Lowry (ankle) is questionable ...

HEAT

G Jimmy Butler

G Gabe Vincent

C Bam Adebayo

F Duncan Robinson

F P.J. Tucker

MAGIC

G Jalen Suggs

G Cole Anthony

C Mo Bamba

F Wendell Carter Jr. 

F Franz Wagner

QUOTABLE

Heat center Bam Adebayo on Kyle Lowry's injury status: “Kyle’s been the guy, for what 16 years?” center Bam Adebayo said in the wake of Saturday’s 102-91 overtime road loss to the Indiana Pacers. “So he knows how to control the tempo, knows how to keep the pace. So when you’re missing that type of attribute, that’s going to leave a hole in our offense. So for us, we’ve just got to do a better job of staying cohesive, staying with pace, and just keep moving, getting in our triggers faster and making the easy plays.”

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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