Miami; Thursday, 7:30 pm EST
Bottom line: Miami hosts Brooklyn and looks to extend its three-game winning streak at home.
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The Heat are 17-18 in conference play. Miami is third in the league with 54.4 points in the paint led by Jaime Jáquez Jr. with an average of 10.2.
The Nets are 11-27 against Eastern Conference opponents. Brooklyn is the worst team in the Eastern Conference averaging 106.8 points per game on 44.5% shooting.
The Heat are shooting 46.4% from the field this season, 3.2 percentage points lower than the 49.6% the Nets are allowing to their opponents. The Heat are averaging 106.8 points per game, 9.9 points less than the 116.7 the Heat allow.
The teams meet for the third time this season. In the last meeting, on March 4, the Heat won 124-98 led by 23 points from Bam Adebayo, while Noah Clowney scored 17 points for the Nets.
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TOP PERFORMERS: Adebayo is averaging 18.7 points and 9.9 rebounds for the Heat. Andrew Wiggins is averaging 16.3 points and 5.8 rebounds in the last 10 games.
Michael Porter Jr. scores 24.1 points per game and averages 6.9 rebounds for the Nets. Clowney is averaging 2.0 three-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Heat: 6-4, averaging 119.9 points, 50.5 rebounds, 28.0 assists, 8.9 steals and 4.7 blocks per game on 46.4% shooting from the field. Their opponents have averaged 109.7 points per game.
Nets: 1-9, averaging 104.2 points, 37.7 rebounds, 26.1 assists, 8.5 steals and 4.0 blocks per game on 44.7% shooting from the field. Their opponents have averaged 118.9 points.
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INJURIES: Heat: Nikola Jovic: day to day (back), Norman Powell: out (groin).
Nets: Egor Demin: day to day (injury management).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.