Miami Heat's Nikola Jovic Available Tonight Versus Chicago Bulls

The Miami Heat recalled second-year forward Nikola Jovic from G League before tonight's game against the Chicago Bulls

Miami Heat second-year forward Nikola Jovic has rejoined the team after his stint in the G League with the Sioux Falls Skyforce. 

He is available for tonight's game against the Chicago Bulls at Kaseya Center. 

Here's the game preview: 

Game time: 8 p.m., ET

Where: Kaseya Center

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -4.5

VITALS: The Heat and Bulls meet for the fourth and final matchup this season and the second of consecutive contests after just playing each other on Thursday. Earlier this season, they also played in consecutive games (11/18 & 11/20), splitting that pair in Chicago. The Heat are 63-65 all-time versus the Bulls during the regular season, including 36-28 in home games and 27-37 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Duncan Robinson

G Kyle Lowry

C Orlando Robinson

F Jimmy Butler

F Caleb Martin

BULLS

F DeMar DeRozan

F Patrick Williams

C Nikola Vucevic

G Coby White

G Ayo Dosunmu

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Bam Adebayo: Out - Left Hip Contusion

R.J. Hampton: Out - G League - Two-Way

Tyler Herro: Out - Right Ankle Sprain

Haywood Highsmith: Out - Lower Back Contusion

Nikola Jovic: Out - G League - On Assignment

Caleb Martin: Available - Left Shoulder Contusion

Duncan Robinson: Available - Left Groin Strain

Dru Smith: Out - Right Achilles 3rd Degree Sprain

BULLS

Lonzo Ball: Out - Knee surgery

Onuralp Bitm: Out - Two-way

Alex Caruso: Questionable - Ankle

Zach LaVine: Out - Right foot

Justin Lewis: Out - G League

Adama Sanogo: Out - Two-way

QUOTABLE

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Thursday's loss to the Chicago Bulls: “You do have to credit them. They jumped all over us. ... We didn’t start the game with a lot of juice and we’re not going to make any excuses about it.”

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