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How To Watch Miami Heat-Utah Jazz Saturday, Injury Report, Betting Lines

The Miami Heat play at the Utah Jazz Saturday at the Delta Center
How To Watch Miami Heat-Utah Jazz Saturday, Injury Report, Betting Lines
How To Watch Miami Heat-Utah Jazz Saturday, Injury Report, Betting Lines

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Game time: 5 p.m., ET

Where: Delta Center

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -1.5

VITALS: : The Heat and Jazz meet for the first of two matchups this season. Last season, Miami swept the series, 2-0, and has now won five straight against Utah overall, the second-longest winning streak in team history, second to only their seven consecutive wins from 2/17/04 – 3/13/07. The Heat are 27-42 all-time versus the Jazz during the regular season, including 14-20 in home games and 13-22 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Kyle Lowry

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Jaime Jaquez

F Caleb Martin

JAZZ

F Lauri Markkanen

F John Collins 

C Walker Kessler

G Kris Dunn 

G Collin Sexton 

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Jimmy Butler: Questionable - Left Calf Strain

Jaime Jaquez Jr.: Questionable - Head Non-Covid Illness

Kyle Lowry: Questionable - Soreness

Caleb Martin: Doubtful - Right Ankle Sprain

Josh Richardson: Questionable - Low Back Discomfort

Duncan Robinson: Probable - Left Ankle Sprain

Orlando Robinson: Out - G League - On Assignment

Dru Smith: Out - Right Acl 3rd Degree Sprain

Cole Swider: Out - G League - Two-Way

JAZZ

Josh Christopher: Out - G League - Two-Way

Taylor Hendricks: Out - G League - On Assignment

Johnny Juzang: Out - G League - Two-Way

Micah Potter: Out - G League - Two-Way

Brice Sensabaugh: Out - G League - On Assignment

QUOTABLE

Heat guard Tyler Herro on the ability to play without key players: “It's just a testament to our gratitude, the guys' next-man-up mentality. Just coming in here and being able to fulfill guys that are out, being able to fulfill those spots.”

Miami Heat vs. Utah Jazz Injury Report: Jimmy Butler, Jaime Jaquez Jr. Among Players Listed As Questionable

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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