Miami Heat Using Same Starting Lineup Tonight In Game 5 Against New York Knicks
The Miami Heat starters for tonight's Game 5 against the New York Knicks are: Kevin Love, Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Gabe Vincent and Max Strus.
Game time: 7:30 p.m., ET
Where: Madison Square Garden
TV: TNT
Betting line: Heat +4
VITALS: The Miami Heat and Knicks met four times this regular season with New York winning the season series 3-1, with each game decided by single digits. Miami is 65-69 all-time versus the Knicks during the regular season, including 36-30 in home games and 29-39 in road games. The teams enter this postseason having faced each other five times in the playoffs, including three times in the First Round (1998, 1999, 2012) and twice in the Semifinals (1997, 2000). Additionally, the current postseason series marks as just the third time in NBA postseason history both teams are seeded five and below, joining only the 1994 series between the Jazz (5th seed) vs. Nuggets (8th seed) and the 1987 series between the Rockets (6th seed) vs. the SuperSonics (7th seed). ... For the Heat, Jimmy Butler (ankle) and Caleb Martin (back) are questionable, Haywood Highsmith (knee) is probable and Victor Oladipo (knee) and Tyler Herro (hand) are out. For the Knicks, Immanuel Quickley (ankle) is doubtful and Jericho Sims (shoulder) is out.
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Max Strus
G Gabe Vincent
C Bam Adebayo
F Kevin Love
F Jimmy Butler
KNICKS
F Julius Randle
F RJ Barrett
C Mitchell Robinson
G Jalen Brunson
G Josh Hart
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Knicks forward Julius Randle: "Maybe they want it more. I don't know. That's been who we are all year, and we've gotta find a way to step up and make those plays if we want to keep this season alive."
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