Miami Heat's Haywood Highsmith Ruled Out Against Philadelphia 76ers

Forward Haywood Highsmith is out for tonight's contest against Tyrese Maxey and the Philadelphia 76ers

The Miami Heat are taking on the Philadelphia 76ers without forward Haywood Highsmith.

Highsmith is dealing with a head cold.

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 8 p.m., ET

Where: Kaseya Center

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat +1.5

VITALS: The Heat and 76ers meet for the first of four matchups this season. Last season, the Heat won the series, 2-1. The HEAT are 69- 65 all-time versus Philadelphia during the regular season, including 43-24 in home games and 26-41 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Kyle Lowry

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Jaime Jaquez

F Caleb Martin

76ERS

F Marcus Morris

F Tobias Harris

C Mo Bamba

G Tyrese Maxey

G Kelly Oubre

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Jimmy Butler: Questionable - Left Calf Strain

Haywood Highsmith: Questionable - Head Cold - NonCovid

Josh Richardson: Probable - Back Spasms

Dru Smith: Out - Right Acl 3rd Degree Sprain

76ERS

Mo Bamba: Probable - Illness

Nicolas Batum: Out - Right Hamstring Strain

Ricky Council IV: Out - G League - Two-Way

Robert Covington: Probable - Right Knee Effusion

Joel Embiid: Out - Right Ankle Sprain

Terquavion Smith: Out - G League - Two-WayQUOTABLE

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Tyler Herro's play since returning from injury: "The one thing that you can't discount or underestimate is his work ethic," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "Once he was able to start doing stuff on the court, then he starts pushing the envelope. He's relentless with his work. This is not something that just happened with talent. This was a lot of sweat equity behind the scenes."

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