The Miami Heat play at Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves Saturday at Target Center
Game time: 7 p.m., Target Center, Minneapolis
TV: FanDuel Sports Network
Betting line: Heat +5.5
VITALS: The Heat and Timberwolves meet for the second and final regular season matchup after just facing off three days ago with Minnesota recording a, 125-115, win in Miami on January 3. The teams split the series, 1-1, last season with each squad winning on the road. The HEAT are 36-35 all-time versus Minnesota during the regular season, including 19-16 in home games and 17-19 in road games. Anthony Edwards scored 35 points, Julius Randle added 22, and the Minnesota Timberwolves completed a season sweep of the Washington Wizards with a 141-115 rout on Sunday night. Rudy Gobert had 18 points and 14 rebounds for his 15th double-double of the season.
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Davion Mitchell
G Norman Powell
C Kel'el Ware
F Bam Adebayo
F Andrew Wiggins
PELICANS
F Julius Randle
F Jaden McDaniels
C Rudy Gobert
G Anthony Edwards
G Donte Divincenzo
INJUY REPORT
HEAT
Tyler Herro: Questionable (toe)
Jaime Jaquez: Questionable (ankle)
Keshad Johnson: Probable (back)
Nikola Jovic: Probable (groin)
Terry Rozier: Out (Not with team)
TIMBERWOLVES
Enrique Freeman: Out (G League)
Terrence Shannon: Out (Foot)
Rocco Zikarsky: Out (G League)
QUOTABLE
Heat forward Norman Powell on if he's deserving of an All-Star berth: "I think I definitely have made the case," Powell said. "I've learned last year not to get caught up in whether I make it or not. I want to make it, I think I deserve to make it. My peers around the league, after games, are telling me that I'm an All-Star and that I should be there. Hopefully, it happens for me this year. For me, the goal is to go out there and win, showcase all my hard work, and leave it up to the fans, the coaches that make those decisions. I know the voting has changed over the years, but my case is to go out there and help them win. From doing that, outside people believe I should make it. I do believe that I am an All-Star; I've always seen myself as that."
Wizards guard CJ McCollum on Wolves guard Anthony Edwards: "You're not stopping him. He's getting 30 [points] a night. A bad night is 28, right? So, I just think it's about making it difficult. Making him shoot tough twos. Not let him get his threes off... Tonight he's scored at three levels like he's done all year and he got five over his average."
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