Game time: 3 p.m., Kaseya Center

TV: FanDuel Sports Network 

Betting line: Heat -16.5

VITALS:  

The Heat and Wizards meet for the third of four regular season matchups. So far this season, Miami has won both previous contests, each by 20+ points, and has now won six of the last seven overall against Washington. The Heat are 102-48 all-time versus the Wizards during the regular season, including 56-19 in home games and 46-29 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

F Pelle Larsson 

F Andrew Wiggins

C Bam Adebayo  

G Tyler Herro 

G Davion Mitchell

WIZARDS

G Bilal Coulibaly

G Will Riley 

C Tristan Vukcevic

F Tre Johnson 

F Bub Carrington

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: Out (Chest)

Andrew Wiggins: Questionable (Toe)

Tyler Herro: Probable (Foot)

WIZARDS

Bilal Coulibaly: Questionable (Bursitis)

Anthony Davis: Out (Finger)

Kyshawn George: Out (Elbow)

Tre Johnson: Questionable (Foot) 

D'Angelo Russell: Out (Not With Team)

Alex Sarr: Questionable (Toe) 

Tristan Vukcevic: Questionable (Knee) 

Cam Whitmore: Out (Shoulder)

Trae Young: Out (Back)

QUOTABLE 

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on loss to Boston Celtics: This is going to sound crazy, but this is different than the other games that we’re talking about. Our guys were locked in and competing. There was an exceptional level of shot-making on [the Celtics’] part to start the game. We could have been stronger on balance to be able to take away some of the threes, but we were able to stay the course and get [the deficit] down to nine. It probably ended up being the shots that were inside the three. They shot a remarkable percentage. It just felt like they didn’t miss any pull-up jump shots from the area that you would like teams shooting from. I believe we outshot them from the three-point line. Turnovers, about the same. A lot of areas, about the same offensive rebounding, but the two-point field goals, they made a heck of a lot more than we did, either at the rim or pull-ups and all of that. It didn’t feel like we would outshoot them from the three-point line, certainly the way that game started. We really needed to have a better start to the fourth quarter, we weren’t able to do it. You have to credit them as well. They started making shots, we missed some shots during that stretch, and then it ended up being 16, 18 points [deficit] before we could do anything.”

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