How To Watch Miami Heat-Dallas Mavericks, Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Odds
Game time: 7:30 pm., ET
Where: American Airlines Center, Dallas
TV: Bally Sports
Betting line: Heat +5.5
VITALS: The Heat and Mavericks meet for the first of two matchups this regular season. Last season, the teams split the series, 1-1, with each squad winning on their homecourt, but Miami has won nine of the last 12 in Dallas. The Heat are 38-35 all-time versus the Mavs during the regular season, including 20-17 in home games and 18-18 in road games..
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Terry Rozier
G Duncan Robinson
C Bam Adebayo
F Nikola Jovic
F Jimmy Butler
MAVERICKS
F Josh Green
F PJ Washington
C Derek Lively
G Luka Doncic
G Kyrie Irving
INJUY REPORT
HEAT
Tyler Herro: Out - Right Foot Medial Tendinitis
Kevin Love: Out - Right Heel Bruise
Josh Richardson: Out - Right Shoulder Dislocation
Dru Smith: Out - Right Knee Surgery
MAVERICKS
Luka Doncic: Probable - Ankle
Greg Brown: Out - G League
Alex Fudge: Out - G League
Brandon Williams: Out - G League - Two-Way
Maxi Kleber: Probable - Knee
QUOTABLE
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra after the win against the Detroit Pistons: “These next 21 games, there's probably going to be a lot of these. It’s just the way it's going right now. Everybody's fighting for playoff positioning.”
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