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Miami Heat at Washington Wizards Preview

The Miami Heat begin a four-game road trip Saturday against the Washington Wizards
Miami Heat at Washington Wizards Preview
Miami Heat at Washington Wizards Preview

Game time: 7 p.m., ET

TV: Fox Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -5

Vitals: The Heat are coming off a 107-105 loss to the Boston Celtics, dropping their record to 3-4. Miami has yet to win consecutive games this season ... This is the first of three matchups with the Wizards. The Heat won last year's series 3-1 ... Miami has used six different starting lineups in its seven games. The Heat have also had five different leading scorers ... Forward Duncan Robinson became the fastest player to reach 300 3-pointers in the Celtics loss, needing just 95 games ... The Heat no players listed on the injury report ... The Wizards are led by guard Bradley Beal, who is averaging 34.3 points, 5.3 rebounds and 4.8 assists. He had 60 points earlier this week against the Philadelphia 76ers ... The Wizards have no one listed on their injury report

Projected starting lineups:

HEAT

G Tyler Herro

G Duncan Robinson

C Bam Adebayo

F Kelly Olynyk

F Jimmy Butler

WIZARDS

G Russell Westbrook

G Bradley Beal

C Thomas Bryant

F Deni Avdija

F Rui Hachimura

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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