The Miami Heat play host to the Minnesota Timberwolves Saturday at Kaseya Center
Miami Heat guard Pelle Larsson is once again dealing with injury. This time, he is listed as questionable on the injury report for Saturday's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves.
Here's the full injury report:
HEAT
Pelle Larsson: Questionable (ankle)
Bam Adebayo: Available (back)
Tyler Herro: Out (toe)
Davion Mitchell: Available (ankle)
Norman Powell: Available (thumb)
Terry Rozier: Out (Not With Team)
Kasparas Jakucionis: Available (ankle)
Jaime Jaquez: Available (calf)
Jahmir Young: Doubtful (G League)
Kel'el Ware: Available (Quad)
Vladislav Goldin: Out (G League)
TIMBERWOLVES
Terrence Shannon: Out (foot)
Here's the game preview:
Game time: 5 p.m., Kaseya Center, Miami
TV: FanDuel Sports Network
Betting line: Heat -4.5
VITALS:
The Heat and Timberwolves meet for the first of two regular season matchups. Last season, the teams split the series, 1-1, with each squad winning on the road. The Heat are 36-34 all-time versus Minnesota during the regular season, including 19-15 in home games and 17-19 in road games. Jalen Johnson scored 34 points and the Atlanta Hawks overcame Anthony Edwards' 30 points for Minnesota to beat the Timberwolves 126-102 on Wednesday and end a seven-game losing streak. Atlanta took control by outscoring Minnesota 37-23 in the second quarter to lead 70-49 at halftime. Johnson added 10 rebounds and six assists. In scoring 136 points in in Chicago on Dec. 29, the Wolves became the third team in NBA history to score 100+ points in 50+ consecutive games against Central Division opponents. The last time the Timberwolves failed to score at least 100 points versus a Central Division opponent was in a 100-98 loss at Cleveland on February 1, 2021
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Davion Mitchell
G Norman Powell
C Kel'el Ware
F Bam Adebayo
F Andrew Wiggins
TIMBERWOLVES
F Jaden McDaniels
F Julius Randle
C Rudy Gobert
G Anthony Edwards
G Donte Divincenzo
QUOTABLE
Heat forward Jaime Jaquez on Thursday's victory against the Detroit Pistons: “I think that’s the sign of a great team is winning in a lot of different ways. That’s something that we’ve been trying to do. You can’t just win all the time scoring 140…So you’ve got to find ways to win, and that’s what winners do. For us as a collective, that’s something that we’ve really been building toward.”
Timberwolves guard Donte Divincenzo on the state of the team: "We just gotta do it. There is only so much you can talk about. How many meetings, how many film sessions, how many times does [head coach Chris Finch] have to talk to us? It's frustrating. Chicago, you play well and respond, then you come here and lay an egg to a team that has lost seven in a row. You have to respect the opponent, but you also have to respect the game. Come out, play hard, compete for one another. We're not doing that on a nightly basis."
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