Miami Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra Makes No Changes In Starting Lineup

After flirting with the idea of switching the starting lineup, Miami Heat has decided to use the same five as last game.

They are Jimmy Butler, Max Strus, Bam Adebayo, Gabe Vincent and Bam Adebayo.

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 7 p.m., ET

Where: Kaseya Center

TV: TNT

Betting line: Heat -5

VITALS: The Miami Heat and Bulls meet in the Play-In Tournament. They met three times during the regular season, with Chicago winning the series, 3-0, after Miami won the serie, 4-0 last season. The Heat are 62-63 all-time versus the Bulls during the regular season, including 36-27 in home games and 26-36 in road games ... For the Heat, Kyle Lowry (knee) and Gabe Vincent (hip) are questionable, and Nikola Jovic (back) is out. For the Bulls, Lonzo Ball (knee) is out.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Tyler Herro

G Gabe Vincent

C Bam Adebayo

F Max Strus

F Jimmy Butler

BULLS

F DeMar DeRozan

F Alex Caruso

C Nikola Vucevic

G Zach LaVine

G Patrick Beverley

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Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on the game: "This is going to have a different feel than Atlanta, for sure. I wouldn’t even just say the starters, but who we bring in off the bench might be a little bit different than what we used against Atlanta.”

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