Gameday Rundown: Two-Game Stay In Los Angeles Begins With Clippers

January 2, 202312:04 AM EST

Crypto.com Arena - Los Angeles, CA
Monday, January 2 @ 10:30 PM
TV: Bally Sports Sun
Radio: WQAM 560 - WAQI 710
Stream On: NBA LEAGUE PASS

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Uniform: Statement

Series Notes:

The HEAT and Clippers meet for the second and final matchup this regular season.
Earlier this season, Miami recorded a, 115-110, win on 12/8 and with a victory tonight, will sweep the series for the first time since the 2017-18 season.
The HEAT are 38-30 all-time versus the Clippers during the regular season, including 21-13 in home games and 17-17 in road games.

What to watch for:

The HEAT will play 15 games in January with nine of those contests against teams that made the 2022 NBA Playoffs, the most for any month this season. Five of Miami’s seven home games and four of the HEAT’s eight road games in January are against teams that made the postseason last year.
Bam Adebayo has scored in double-figures in all 33 games he has appeared in this season and in 49-straight dating back to last season, marking as the second-longest streak of his career.
Kyle Lowry has currently connected on a three-point field goal in 31 consecutive games, the third-longest such streak of his career.

Injuries:

Miami: Jimmy Butler, Available, Injury/Illness (Right Knee; Injury Management) - Dewayne Dedmon, Out, Health and Safety Protocols - Udonis Haslem, Questionable, Injury/Illness (Right Achilles; Tendinosis) - Nikola Jovic, Out, Injury/Illness (lower; Back Spasms) - Caleb Martin, Available, Injury/Illness (Left Quadriceps; Strain) - Duncan Robinson, Questionable, Injury/Illness (Left Hamstring; Strain) - Gabe Vincent, Questionable, Injury/Illness (Left Knee; Effusion) - Omer Yurtseven, Out, Injury/Illness (Left Ankle; Surgery)
LA: Kawhi Leonard, Out, Injury/Illness (Non-Covid Illness) - Nicolas Batum, Available, Injury/Illness (Left Ankle; Sprain) - Brandon Boston Jr., Out, G League (On Assignment) - Jason Preston, Out, G League (On Assignment) - Moussa Diabate, Out, G League (Two-Way)

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