Miami Heat's Caleb Martin And Kyle Lowry Out Tonight Against Chicago Bulls

Martin and Lowry sidelined against Bulls
Miami Heat's Caleb Martin And Kyle Lowry Out Tonight Against Chicago Bulls
Miami Heat's Caleb Martin And Kyle Lowry Out Tonight Against Chicago Bulls /

Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry and forward Caleb Martin will not play tonight against the Chicago Bulls

Lowry is dealing with knee issues while Martin has a sprained ankle. 

Here's the game preview: 

Game time: 7:30 p.m., ET

Where: Miami

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -5

VITALS: The Heat and Bulls meet for the second of three matchups this regular season. Earlier this season, Chicago recorded a, 116-108, win in Miami’s season opener. Last season, the Heat swept the series, 4-0, and has currently won eight of the last 10 overall against Chicago. The Heat are 62-61 all-time versus the Bulls during the regular season, including 36-26 in home games and 26-35 in road games. For the Heat, Jimmy Butler (knee) and Dewayne Dedmon (foot) are probable, Udonis Haslem (Achilles), Kyle Lowry (knee), Caleb Martin (ankle) are questionable and Gabe Vincent (knee), Omer Yurtseven (foot) and Jamal Cain (G League) are out. For the Bulls, Javonte Green (knee) is questionable and Lonzo Ball (knee) is out.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Tyler Herro

G Max Strus

C Bam Adebayo

F Nikola Jovic

F Jimmy Butler

BULLS

F DeMar DeRozan

F Patrick Williams

C Nikola Vucevic

G Zach LaVine

G Alex Caruso

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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