Miami Heat's Terry Rozier Back In Lineup Tonight Vs Portland Trail Blazers

Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier missed the last four games because of a knee injury
Miami Heat's Terry Rozier Back In Lineup Tonight Vs Portland Trail Blazers
Miami Heat's Terry Rozier Back In Lineup Tonight Vs Portland Trail Blazers /
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Miami Heat guard Terry Rozier is available to play tonight against the Portland Trail Blazers

He was sidelined the past four games with a knee injury. 

Here's the game preview: 

Game time: 10 pm., ET

Where: Moda Center, Portland

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -6.5

VITALS: The Heat and Trail Blazers meet for the first of two matchups this regular season. Last season, the teams split the series, 1-1, with each squad winning on the road. Miami has currently won four of the last five against Portland. The Heat are 27-42 all-time versus the Trail Blazers during the regular season, including 12-22 in home games and 15-20 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Terry Rozier

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Caleb Martin

F Jimmy Butler

KINGS

F Jerami Grant

F Toumani Camara

C Deandre Ayton

G Kris Murray

G Anfernee Simons

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Thomas Bryant: Out - League Suspension

Tyler Herro: Out - Left Knee Hyperextension

Josh Richardson: Out - Right Shoulder Dislocation

Orlando Robinson: Out - Lower Back Spasms

Dru Smith: Out - Right Knee Surgery

TRAIL BLAZERS

Malcolm Brogdon: Out - Elbow

Moses Brown: Out - Wrist

Scoot Henderson: Out - Adductor strain

Shaedon Sharpe: Out - Abdominal surgery

Robert Williams III: Out - Knee

Rayan Rupert: Probable - Ankle

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Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Delon Wright's contribution in Kings victory: "The player of the game for us in the locker room was Delon. I don't think his stat line was spectacular by people on the outside, but he plays winning basketball. He guards, offensively he just has a great knack for knowing how to make the right play. [In] 35 minutes, didn't turn the ball over and made some big plays. The threes, but also the playmaking, and the free throws down the stretch were really important."

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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