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Brooklyn Nets' Ben Simmons Out Saturday Against Miami Heat

Brooklyn Nets forward Ben Simmons remains out because of a back injury
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Brooklyn Nets' Ben Simmons Out Saturday Against Miami Heat
Brooklyn Nets' Ben Simmons Out Saturday Against Miami Heat

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The Brooklyn Nets announced Ben Simmons will be out indefinitely with back injury that was diagnosed as nerve infringement. 

Simmons wasn't expected to play in Saturday's game against the Heat. 

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 8 p.m., ET

Where: Miami-Dade Arena

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -5.5

VITALS: The Miami Heat and Nets meet for the third and final matchup this regular season. So far this season, Brooklyn has won both contests. Last season, Miami won the series, 3-1, and has won four of the last six at home against the Nets. The Heat are 78-57 all-time versus the Nets during the regular season, including 42-24 in home games and 36-33 in road games. For the Heat, Kyle Lowry (knee) and Caleb Martin (knee) are questionable and Cody Zeller (nose), Jamal Cain (G League) and Nikola Jovic (back) are out. For the Nets, Ben Simmons (back) and Seth Curry (personal reasons) are out. 

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Tyler Herro

G Gabe Vincent

C Bam Adebayo

F Kevin Love

F Jimmy Butler

NETS

F Cam Johnson

F Dorian Finney-Smith

C Nic Claxton

G Mikal Bridges

G Spencer Dinwiddie

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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

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