Miami Heat’s Nikola Jovic Starting Tonight Against San Antonio Spurs

Miami Warmth rookie Nikola Jovic will begin tonight towards the San Antonio Spurs in Mexico Metropolis. 

Jovic had been on G League project and coping with again spasm. The Warmth are taking part in him at energy ahead alongside middle Bam Adebayo. 

This is the preview for right this moment’s recreation:

Sport time: 5 p.m., ET

The place: Enviornment CDMX, Mexico Metropolis

TV: Bally Sports activities Solar, NBA TV

Betting line: Warmth N/A

VITALS: The Warmth and Spurs meet for the second and last time this common season. Earlier this season, San Antonio recorded a, 115-111, win final week in Miami on 12/10. The Warmth has at present gained two consecutive towards the Spurs on the highway, tying the longest such streak in crew historical past. Miami has additionally gained 4 of the final 5 total towards the Spurs, together with sweeping the final two season sequence’. The Warmth are 25-45 all-time versus the Spurs throughout the common season, together with 19-17 in residence video games and 6-28 in highway video games. For the Warmth, Bam Adebayo (ankle), Haywood Highsmith (quad), Caleb Martin (ankle), Udonis Haslem (Achilles), Kyle Lowry (knee) and Dewayne Dedmon (foot) are questionable, Jimmy Butler (knee), Tyler Herro (ankle), Victor Oladipo (knee) Duncan Robinson (ankle), Max Strus (shoulder), Nikola Jovic (again) and Orlando Robinson (again) are possible and Jamal Cain (G League), Gabe Vincent (knee) and Omer Yurtseven (ankle) are out. For the Spurs, For the Spurs, Dominick Barlow (G League), Malaki Branham (G League), Josh Richardson (private causes), Blake Wesley (G League) are out, Jakob Poeltl (knee) and Zach Collins (ankle) are possible and Romeo Langford (ankle) is questionable.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Tyler Herro

G Kyle Lowry

C Bam Adebayo

F Caleb Martin

F Jimmy Butler

ROCKETS

F Keita Bates-Diop

F Keldon Johnson

C Charles Bassey

G Josh Richardson

G Tre Jones

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Warmth coach Erik Spoelstra on bettering defensively: “Now we have to win video games defensively. I really feel like our offense goes to get higher, notably within the second half of the season. However our basis, bread and butter must be on the defensive aspect of the ground. I identical to seeing it once more, us placing our physique in entrance of drives.”

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