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After a hard-fought win in Orlando, the Houston Rockets travel to South Beach for a game about 40 hours later. This is a recipe for disaster. At least James Harden isn’t on the team anymore.
The Heat are 31-29 and are coming off back-to-back losses against the Milwaukee Bucks and Philadelphia 76ers. They play offense at the league’s fastest pace and take (and make) the most shots in the league. They grab the most defensive rebounds and are fourth on defense.
Norman Powell got hurt against the Sixers so Miami’s offense will mostly revolve around Bam Adebayo, Andrew Wiggins, Jaime Jaquez Jr., and Amen Thompson’s nemesis, Tyler Herro.
The early games are basically always losses for the Rockets, regardless of roster. I expect Miami to come out hot after two losses and treat this game a bit more seriously than Houston. If the Rockets come out sloppily, this could be over in a hurry.
Tip-off
2:30pm CT
How To Watch
Space City Home Network and Amazon Prime Video
Injury Report
Rockets
Steven Adams: OUT
Fred VanVleet: OUT
Jae’Sean Tate: OUT
Jabari Smith Jr.: OUT
Heat
Nikola Jovic: GTD
Norman Powell: OUT
The Line (as of this post)
Hou -3.5
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Looking ahead because we can
Monday night in Washington D.C. against the Wizards