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Golden State Warriors at Miami Heat Preview

Miami Heat guard Victor Oladipo is expected to make his debut Thursday against the Golden State Warriors
Golden State Warriors at Miami Heat Preview
Golden State Warriors at Miami Heat Preview

Game time: 8 p.m., ET

TV: Fox Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -2

VITALS: The Heat and Warriors meet for the second time this regular season. Earlier, Golden State won 120- 112 in overtime Feb. 17. Last season, Miami swept the season series 2-0 and have won three of the last four. The Heat are 31-33 all-time versus the Warriors during the regular season, including 18-13 in home games and 13-20 in road games ... Guard Victor Oladipo is expected to make his debut for the Heat. Oladipo, who was acquired at the trade deadline, has been out with a cold ... Forward Duncan Robinson has connected on 163 3-point field goals this season, the fourth-most in the NBA ... Center Bam Adebay has scored in double figures in a career-long 34 straight games ... For the Heat, Udonis Haslem (health protocol), KZ Okpala (health protocol) and Victor Oladipo (head cold) are out. Guard Kendrick Nunn (ankle) is questionable and Gabe Vincent (knee) is probable.

Projected starting lineups:

HEAT

G Duncan Robinson

G Goran Dragic

C Bam Adebayo

F Jimmy Butler

F Trevor Ariza

WARRIORS

G Steph Curry

G Kelly Oubre

C James Wiseman

F Andrew Wiggins

F Draymond Green

QUOTABLE

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra: “I like the growth of this team. Early on if the ball wasn’t going in, we weren’t defending. Now we're able to do some things even when things aren’t functioning."

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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