Miami Heat's Bam Adebayo Questionable Vs. Milwaukee Bucks Because Of Hip Injury

Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo is dealing with a hip injury entering tonight's game against Milwaukee Bucks
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Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo is listed a questionable for tonight's game against the Milwaukee Bucks because of a hip injury. 

Here's the game preview: :

The Miami Heat play at the Milwaukee Bucks tonight at Fiserv Forum. The Bucks are led by two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo and former Miami Heat target Damian Lillard. Here's a look at the game preview:

Game time: 8 p.m., ET

Where: Fiserv Forum

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Bucks -5.5

VITALS: The Heat and Bucks meet for the first of three matchups this season. Last season, the teams split the regular season series, 2-2, before Miami beat Milwaukee in the First Round on their way to their seventh NBA Finals. Since making their first in 2006, no other team has more NBA Finals appearances over that span. The Heat are 75-51 all-time versus the Bucks during the regular season, including 41-21 in home games and 34-30 in road games. For the Heat, Haywood Highsmith, Haywood (knee) and Josh Richardson (foot) and Caleb Martin (knee) are doubtful and Kevin Love (shoulder) is probable.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Tyler Herro

G Kyle Lowry

C Bam Adebayo

F Kevin Love

F Jimmy Butler

BUCKS

F Khris Middleton

F Giannis Antetokounmpo

C Brook Lopez

G Damian Lillard

G Malik Beasley

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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