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Miami will try to snap a two-game losing streak when it travels to Cleveland on Sunday night. The Heat had rattled off three straight wins, but they are now coming off consecutive losses to Toronto and Washington. Cleveland was able to snap a five-game losing skid in a win against Charlotte on Friday.
Miami has essentially been alternating between small winning streaks and small losing streaks throughout the season. The Heat have lost two straight games on four occasions, including earlier this week in their road losses to Toronto and Washington. They have also won two straight games on three occasions, so they find themselves two games under the .500 mark heading into this game. Miami was a 7.5-point underdog in its trip to Washington, as it was severely undermanned. The Heat were down to seven healthy players and were forced to dress an injured Gabe Vincent just to meet the NBA requirement that eight players have to be in uniform.
Mostly due to injuries throughout Miami's power rotation 88% of Nikola Jovic's 78 minutes this season have been at the five. So what has that looked like for the team on the floor?@CoupNBA describes what he's seen in t his week's edition of the Notebook ??
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) November 19, 2022
They were without their top three scorers in Jimmy Butler (knee), Tyler Herro (ankle) and Bam Adebayo (knee). Butler has already been ruled out for this game and the next one, but Adebayo and Herro are both questionable. Herro has missed six straight games with his ankle issue after averaging 19.6 points, 6.4 rebounds and 2.6 assists to open the season. Outside of those three players, Max Strus is scoring 15.5 points and Kyle Lowry is adding 14.2. The Heat rank No. 21 in the NBA offensively (110.0) and are facing a Cleveland defense that is No. 10 (110.1).
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