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How To Watch Miami Heat Vs Indiana Pacers, Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Lines

The Miami Heat play the Indiana Pacers Thursday at Kaseya Center
How To Watch Miami Heat Vs Indiana Pacers, Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Lines
How To Watch Miami Heat Vs Indiana Pacers, Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Lines

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Game time: 7:30 p.m., ET

Where: Kaseya Center

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -1.5 

VITALS: The Heat and Pacers meet for the first of three matchups this season and the first of consecutive games, with another contest this Saturday, December 2. Last season, the teams split the series, 2-2. The Heat are 55-72 all-time versus Indiana during the regular season, including 41-23 in home games and 14-49 in road games For the Heat, Bam Adebayo (hip) and Duncan Robinson (thumb) are probable, Jimmy Butler (ankle) and Haywood Highsmith (back) are questionable and Tyler Herro (ankle) and RJ Hampton (G League), Dru Smith (knee) are out. For the Pacers, Jalen Smith (knee) is out and Kendall Brown (G League), Isaiah Jackson (upper respiratory),T.J. McConnell (hamstring), Isaiah Wong (G League) and Oscar Tshiebwe (G League) are questionable

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Duncan Robinson

G Kyle Lowry

C Bam Adebayo 

F Josh Richardson

F Kevin Love

PACERS

F Buddy Hield 

F Obi Toppin 

C Myles Turner

G Bruce Brown

G Tyrese Haliburton 

QUOTABLE

Heat center Bam Adebayo on the In-Season Tournament: “The In-Season Tournament does give the fans something to get riled up about.  And obviously, we're playing an opponent that we've seen before in the playoffs. It was one of those games that was already intense and the In-Season Tournament just added to it.”

Miami Heat vs. Indiana Pacers Injury Report: Jimmy Butler, Haywood Highsmith Status In Question

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Shandel Richardson
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