The Miami Heat play at the Chicago Bulls Thursday night at United Center
Miami Heat forward Jaime Jaquez could be a late scratch from Thursday's game against the Chicago Bulls. He is listed as questionable due to an ankle injury.
Here's the full injury report:
HEAT
Tyler Herro: Available (toe)
Jaime Jaquez: Questionable (ankle)
Keshad Johnson: Available (back)
Nikola Jovic: Available (groin)
Terry Rozier: Out (Not with team)
Vladislav Goldin: Out (G League)
Jahmir Young: Out (G League)
BULLS
Coby White: Out (Injury Management)
Josh Giddey: Out (Hamstring)
Jalen Smith: Out (Concussion)
Zach Collins: Out (Toe)
Noa Essengue: Out (Shoulder)
Here's the game preview:
Game time: 7 p.m., United Center, Chicago
TV: FanDuel Sports Network
Betting line: Heat -7.5
VITALS:
The Heat and Bulls meet for the second of four regular season matchups. Earlier this season, Miami recorded a, 143-107, win in Chicago on November 21. The Heat are 65-68 all-time versus the Bulls during the regular season, including 37-29 in home games and 28-39 in road games. Bulls center Nikola Vučević has tallied a double-double in seven of his last 10 games versus Detroit, averaging 19.7 ppg and 10.1 rpg during that stretch. Tre Jones has scored at least 10 points in three-straight games against the Pistons, shooting .538 during that span
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Davion Mitchell
G Norman Powell
C Kel'el Ware
F Bam Adebayo
F Andrew Wiggins
BULLS
F Isaac Okoro
F Matas Buzelis
C Nikola Vucevic
G Kevin Huerter
G Tre Jones
QUOTABLE
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on the loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves: "We showed less of a spirit in this one. The one on Saturday, we had a spirit to fight all the way until the end. That's what is most disappointing to me as the head coach in the last six minutes. It just felt like we let it go. At that point we weren't going to win the game. When they knocked down those threes, once Randle hit that one, we were 16 of 48 or something like that in the paint at some point and then DiVincenzo hit two more threes, but still, what you have is your spirit, you just keep on fighting, not just let it go there at the end."
Bulls coach Billy Donovan on the loss to the Detroit Pistons: "We have to meet some of those rolls a little bit earlier, we gotta be a little bit more physical. We knew it was going to be a physical game. I think, I think there was a lot plays in the game that there were fouls that no fouls were called...for both teams. So I think it was a consistently officiated game across the board and I liked the way our guys physically competed..."
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