Gameday Rundown: HEAT Host The Clippers

December 7, 20224:57 PM EST

Miami, FL
Thursday, December 8 @ 7:30 PM
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TV: Bally Sports Sun, NBA TV
Radio: WQAM 560 - WAQI 710

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Uniform: City

Series Notes:

The HEAT and Clippers meet for the first of two matchups this regular season.
Last season, the teams split the series, 1-1, with each team winning on their home court.
The HEAT are 37-30 all-time versus the Clippers during the regular season, including 20-13 in home games and 17-17 in road games.

What to watch for:

Tyler Herro shot a perfect 7-of-7 from the field, including 2-of-2 from three-point range, and 5-of-5 from the line in the first half on 12/6 vs. DET, becoming the first HEAT player since the 1997-98 season to be perfect with at least that many attempts in each of those categories in a first half. Additionally, he is now averaging 26.3 points over his last four games (105 total), scoring at least 20 points in each contest. The four-straight 20-point games tie the second-longest such streak of his career.
Kyle Lowry has currently connected on a three-point field goal in 24 consecutive games, tying the fourth-longest such streak of his career. Additionally, Max Strus has hit a trey in 19 consecutive games, the longest such streak of his career.
Bam Adebayo has scored in double-figures in all 23 games he has appeared in this season and in 39-straight dating back to last season, marking as the second-longest streak of his career.

Injuries:

Miami: Jimmy Butler, Questionable, Injury/Illness (Right Knee; Injury Mgmt) - Dewayne Dedmon, Questionable, Injury/Illness (Left Foot; Plantar Fasciitis) - Tyler Herro, Probable, Injury/Illness (Left Ankle; Sprain) - Haywood Highsmith, Available, Injury/Illness (Right Ankle; Sprain) - Nikola Jovic, Available, Injury/Illness (Right Foot; Plantar Fasciitis) - Kyle Lowry, Out, Rest - Victor Oladipo, Probable, Injury/Illness (Left Knee; Tendinosis) - Duncan Robinson, Probable, Injury/Illness (Left Ankle; Sprain) - Max Strus, Probable, Injury/Illness (Right Shoulder; Impingement) - Gabe Vincent, Out, Injury/Illness (Left Knee; Effusion) - Omer Yurtseven, Out, Injury/Illness (Left Ankle; Surgery) - Jamal Cain, Out, G League (Two-Way)
LA Clippers: Kawhi Leonard, Out, Injury/Illness (Right Knee; Injury Management) - Terance Mann, Out, Injury/Illness (Head; Concussion Protocol) - Norman Powell, Out, Injury/Illness (Left Groin; Strain) - Jason Preston, Out, G League (On Assignment) - Moussa Diabate, Out, G League (Two-Way)

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