Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo Out Against Houston Rockets

Adebayo will miss the game because of an ankle injury

Shandel Richardson | Dec 15, 2022

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Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo is out tonight against the Houston Rockets.

Adebayo is dealing with ankle issues he sustained in Wednesday's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder.

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 8 p.m., ET

Where: Toyota Center

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -3

VITALS: The Heat and Rockets meet for the first of two matchups this regular season. Miami has swept the last two series and has currently won four-straight against Houston. A win would tie Miami’s longest road winning streak against the Rockets at three consecutive games, having last done so from 1/15/10 – 11/12/12. The Heat are 37-33 all-time versus Houston during the regular season, including 23-13 in home games and 14-20 in road games. For the Rockets, Jae'Sean Tate (ankle) is out.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Tyler Herro

G Kyle Lowry

C Bam Adebayo

F Caleb Martin

F Jimmy Butler

ROCKETS

F Jabari Smith Jr.

F Eric Gordon

C Alperen Sengun

G Jalen Green

G Kevin Porter Jr.

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Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Wednesday's win against the Thunder: “There’s been a little bit more intent of getting to our actions and finding the open guy without missing the moment. We were finding our open shooters in those open windows that close very quickly in this league.”

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Published Dec 15, 2022

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