Miami Heat at Utah Jazz preview

Miami Heat faces Utah Jazz in finale of five-game, West Coast road trip before NBA All-Star break

The Heat are coming off a 113-101 victory Monday against the Golden State Warriors behind 21 points each from Jimmy Butler and Jae Crowder. It ended a three-game losing streak. Forward Derrick Jones Jr., who will compete in the Slam Dunk contest, scored a career-high 25 points against the Los Angeles Clippers last week ... The Heat are 13-15 on the road ... Center Bam Adebayo, a first-time All-Star, leads the team with 31 double-doubles. Adebayo will also participate in the Skills Challenge ...  Butler is expected to play a second straight game after missing two due to a shoulder injury ...

After being called up at the beginning of the road trip, rookie KZ Okpala was sent back to the G League affiliate in Sioux Falls ... Heat guard Tyler Herro , the team's first-round pick last summer, was sent home because of an ankle injury. He missed the entire trip and will not play in the Rising Stars Challenge Friday during NBA All-Star Weekend ... This is the second meeting between the teams. The Heat won 107-104 in Miami Dec. 23 ... Center Meyers Leonard (ankle) and Kyle Alexander (knee) are out ... The Jazz are going for their fourth straight victory after defeating the Dallas Mavericks 123-119 Monday ... Donovan Mitchell leads the Jazz scoring 24.3 points per game and averaging 4.3 rebounds and 4.3 assists ...  The Jazz and the Heat are both 35-18. They are also No. 4 in the standings of their respective conferences ... Ed Davis (back) is a game-time decision. 

Game time: 10 p.m.

TV: Fox Sports Florida

Line: Utah -4.5


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Shandel Richardson
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