How To Watch Miami Heat-Houston Rockets, Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Lines

Shandel Richardson | Apr 5, 2024

Feb 23, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) reacts to a missed shot - Stephen Lew/USA Today Sports / Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports

The Miami Heat are coming off a loss to the Philadelphia 76ers.

Here's the game preview:

Game Time: 8 p.m.

Where: Toyota Center, Houston

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -2.5

Vitals: The Heat and Rockets meet for the second and final matchup this regular season. Earlier this season, Miami recorded a 120-113 win on Jan. 8 and with a victory, will sweep the series for the fourth consecutive season. Miami has currently won seven-straight against Houston, just
one short of tying their franchise record of eight consecutive victories from 11/8/95 – 1/6/00, including a team-record tying three-straight on the road.
The Heat are 40-33 all-time versus the Rockets during the regular season, including 25-13 in home games and 15-20 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Terry Rozier

G Duncan Robinson

C Bam Adebayo

F Jimmy Butler

F Nikola Jovic

ROCKETS

F Dillon Brooks

F Amen Thompson

C Jabari Smith Jr

G Jalen Green

G Fred VanVleet

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Tyler Herro: Questionable - Right Foot Medial Tendinitis

Josh Richardson: Out - Right Shoulder Surgery

ROCKETS

Amen Thompson: Questionable - Ankle

Alperen Sengun: Out - Ankle

Tari Eason: Out - Leg

QUOTABLE: Heat coach Erik Spoelstra after Thursday's loss to the Philadelphia 76ers: “We're right next to each other in the standings so that’s what games are going to be like - back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. We'll go on a run, they'll go on a run, it just keeps on going that way and they made the final run.”