Miami Heat Update Kevin Love's Status For Thursday Vs. Denver Nuggets

Miami Heat center Kevin Love will not play Thursday against the Denver Nuggets

Miami Heat center Kevin Love is listed as out for Thursday's game against the Denver Nuggets. 

Love is dealing with a heel injury. 

Here's the game preview: 

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

Kevin Love: Out - Heel 

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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