Miami Heat's Kevin Love Available Tonight Against Atlanta Hawks

Miami Heat forward Kevin Love is back in the lineup after a three-game absence with a knee injury.

Love, who is in his second season with the Heat, is averaging 10.1 points, 6.7 rebounds and 2.6 assists.

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 8 p.m., ET

Where: Kaseya Center, Miami

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -7.5

VITALS: The Heat and Hawks meet for the third of four matchups this season. So far this season, Miami has won both previous contests, and has now won four-straight against Atlanta overall, including five consecutive in Miami. The Heat are 78-58 all-time versus the Hawks during the regular season, including 50-19 in home games and 28-39 in road games. The Heat are also retiring Udonis Haslem's No. 40 jersey at halftime.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Kyle Lowry

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Jimmy Butler

F Nikola Jovic

HAWKS

F Saddiq Bey

F Jalen Johnson

C Clint Capela

G Dejounte Murray

G Trae Young

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Jamal Cain: Out - G League - Two-Way

R.J. Hampton: Out - G League - Two-Way

Jaime Jaquez Jr.: Doubtful - Left Groin Strain

Kevin Love: Questionable - Left Knee Contusion

Dru Smith: Out - Right Knee Surgery

HAWKS

Kobe Bufkin: Out - G League - On Assignment

Mouhamed Gueye: Out - Right Low Back Stress Fracture

De'Andre Hunter: Out - Right Knee Inflammation

Vit Krejci: Out - Left Shoulder Subluxation

Wesley Matthews: Out - Right Calf Strain

Trae Young: Questionable- Illness

QUOTABLE

Heat guard Tyler Herro on being at the midpoint of the season: “We cool,” he said. “Honestly, can be better. But we’d rather be seven games over .500 than seven games under .500. So we’ll be just fine. There’s plenty of games left. We’ve got some really good teams that we’ve got coming up, so we just got to show that we can compete and we belong at the top of this thing.”

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Shandel Richardson covers the Miami Heat for Inside The Heat, a Fan Nation channel for Sports Illustrated. He has covered the NBA since 2010.

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