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Miami Heat's Kyle Lowry, Caleb Martin Doubtful For Tonight Against Oklahoma City Thunder

Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry and forward Caleb Martin are expected to be sidelined by injuries tonight against Oklahoma City Thunder

Shandel Richardson

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Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry and forward Caleb Martin are expected to miss tonight's game against the Oklahoma City Thunder. 

Both are listed as doubtful on the injury report.

Lowry is dealing with a sprained left hand while Martin is battling a right ankle sprain. Martin has missed the last six games. 

Here's the game preview:

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

Where: Kaseya Center, Miami

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat +4.5

VITALS: The Heat and Thunder meet for the first of two matchups this regular season. Last season, Miami swept the series, 2-0, and has currently won six-straight against OKC, their longest winning streak against Oklahoma City in team history. The Heat are 30-40 all-time versus the Thunder during the regular season, including 16-19 in home games and 14-21 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Kyle Lowry

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Jaime Jaquez

F Nikola Jovic

THUNDER

F Lugeuntz Dort

F Jalen Williams

C Chet Holmgren

G Josh Giddey

G Shai Gilgeous-Alexander

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Jimmy Butler: Out - Right Toe MP Joint Sprain

Caleb Martin: Doubtful - Right Ankle Sprain

Kyle Lowry: Doubtful - Wrist Sprain

Dru Smith: Out - Right Knee Surgery

Cole Swider: Out - G League - Two-Way

THUNDER

Davis Bertans: Questionable - Illness

Keyonte Johnson: Out - G League

Ousmane Dieng: Out - G League

QUOTABLE

Heat center Bam Adebayo on Monday's win against the Houston Rockets: “It just shows we have depth. It just shows guys are on the same page, guys have the same mentality.”

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Shandel Richardson covers the Miami Heat for Inside The Heat, a Fan Nation channel for Sports Illustrated. He has covered the NBA since 2010.

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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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