Game time: 7 p.m., Kaseya Center

TV: FanDuel Sports Network 

Betting line: Heat +2

VITALS:  

The Heat and 76ers meet for the third and final regular season matchup. So far this season, the teams have split the series, 1-1, with both previous games in Philadelphia. Miami has currently won five of the last six overall against the Sixers. The Heat are 76-68 all-time versus the 76ers during the regular season, including 46-25 in home games and 30-43 in road games. Tyrese Maxey’s 28.9 points per game scoring average ranks fourth in the NBA and first among all Eastern Conference competitors while ranking eighth in the league in total points scored (1,793). Maxey joins Luka Dončić and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander as the only three players in the league averaging at least 28.0 points and 6.0 assists this season. VJ Edgecombe is averaging 26.0 points on 55.5-percent shooting, 7.4 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 1.0 steal over his last five games. He’s recorded 20-plus points in four contests, including two games of 30-plus points. Maxey is one of eight players in the NBA with at least 25 games of 30-plus points this season. The 76ers are 18-9 in games that Maxey has reached the 30-point mark. Jamie Jaquez Jr. leads the Heat bench this season which averages 43.2 points per game, the fifth-most in the NBA. He currently leads all reserves in points, assists, field goals made, 20-point games, points in the paint, fast break points, points off turnovers and tied for first in fouls drawn while posting a +183 plus/minus. He also ranks second in free throws made, fourth in defensive rebounds, tied for fourth in doubledoubles and seventh in total rebounds. Additionally, his 19 20-point games off the bench this season are the second-most during a single season in Heat franchise history while his 24 career 20-point games as a reserve already tie for the second-most in team history. Below are both the most 20-point games during a single season and all-time by a Heat reserve in franchise history.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

F Pelle Larsson 

F Andrew Wiggins

C Bam Adebayo  

G Tyler Herro 

G Davion Mitchell

SIXERS

G Tyrese Maxey 

G VJ Edgecombe 

C Joel Embiid 

F Dominick Barlow

F Paul George 

INJURY REPORT

HEAT

Terry Rozier: Out (Not with team)

Vladislay Goldin: Out (G League) 

Trevor Keels: Out (G League)

Jahmir Young: Out (G League)

Norman Powell: Questionable (Back)

SIXERS

Johni Broome: Out (Knee)

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