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Washington Wizards at Miami Heat Preview

The Miami Heat face Bradley Beal and the Washington Wizards Friday night

Shandel Richardson

Game time: 8 p.m., ET

TV: Fox Sports Sun

Betting line: Wizards -6.5

Vitals:  The Heat and Wizards meet for the third and final time in the first half this regular season. It also marks the second of consecutive game against Washington after their previous matchup on Wednesday. Last season, the Heat won the season series, 3-1 ... Bam Adebayo is the only player in the NBA averaging at least 19.9 points, 9.4 rebounds and 5.3 assists while shooting 58.4 percent ... Jimmy Butler (327,929) and Adebayo (307,498) were fifth and sixth place among Frontcourt Eastern Conference players for All-Star voting ... Chris Silva (hip), Moe Harkless (thigh), Avery Bradley (calf) and Meyers Leonard (knee) are out. Gabe Vincent (knee), Goran Dragic (knee) are questionable  ... Wizards guard Russell Westbrook is expected back in the lineup after missing Wednesday's game ... Bradley Beal, who is leading the league in scoring, has an NBA-record 17 straight 25-point games to start the season. He surpassed Michael Jordan ..Thomas Bryant (knee) is out for the Wizards.

Projected starting lineups:

HEAT

G Duncan Robinson

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Kelly Olynyk

F Jimmy Butler

WIZARDS

G Russell Westbrook

G Bradley Beal

C Robin Lopez

F Rui Hachimura

F Deni Avdija

QUOTABLE

Heat forward Jimmy Butler: “No, we haven’t been playing good basketball. When you don’t play good basketball, we lose. That’s why we’re 7-14.” 

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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

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