Once Upon A Time In Las Vegas – Championship Sunday
It’s a battle of pair of teams from the Southeast Division on the hardwood as they clash in Buzz City. The Miami Heat are on the road as they make the trip to face the Charlotte Hornets Sunday afternoon. Miami comes in off a 110-105 home win over Orlando Friday night in their previous game, though they failed to cover the line as an 8.5-point favorite. Charlotte defeated Chicago 111-96 at home Thursday night in their most recent game, winning outright as a three-point underdog. In the all-time regular season series between the teams, the Heat own a 73-46 advantage and have won the last seven meetings. That includes a pair of wins this season with Miami rolling to a 132-115 home win in the most recent matchup on November 12, 2022.
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Miami won their third straight game as they took down Orlando at home Friday night and they look to build on that momentum here. The Heat entered Saturday 28-22 on the season and held a 2.5-game lead on the Hawks for the top spot in the Southeast Division. In the East, the team was sixth, seven games behind Boston for the top spot: they held a one-game lead over the seventh-place Knicks for the final guaranteed playoff spot and five games ahead of 11th-place Chicago to remain in the playoff field. Against Orlando, Miami led 7-0 out of the gate only to trail by as many as 10 in the second quarter. The Heat trailed by nine at the half, by six after three quarters and by eight in the opening seconds of the fourth quarter before rallying. Miami went on a 15-2 run to take an 86-83 lead with 8:52 remaining and didn’t let Orlando closer than one the rest of the way. The Heat shot 45.9% from the field, including 10 of 33 from thre e-point range, and forced 20 Orlando turnovers in the win. Jimmy Butler led Miami with 29 points, six rebounds and six assists in the win.
The Heat enters this one 30th in the league in scoring offense with 108.5 points per game this season. Miami is 26th in the league in rebounding with 41.5 boards a contest while the team stands 23rd in assists by dishing out 23.6 dimes a night. The Heat stands 2nd in the league in scoring defense as they allow 108.1 points per game. Jimmy Butler is leading the team with 21.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and five assists per contest. Tyler Herro kicks in 20.2 points plus 5.8 boards a night while Bam Adebayo chips in 21.5 points plus 10.1 rebounds per contest. Duncan Robinson, Kyle Lowry (12.4 points, 5.4 assists), Dewayne Dedmon, Max Strus (12.7 points), Caleb Martin (10 points, 4.7 boards), Victor Oladipo (11.5 points) and Gabe Vincent are solid role players for the Hea t. Miami is 27th in the league in field goal percentage as they shoot 45.3% from the floor this season. The Heat stands 16th in threes per game by draining 11.8 triples per contest and the team is 27th in three-point shooting by hitting 33.5% from beyond the arc.
Omar Yurtseven (ankle) underwent surgery November 15 and is out indefinitely. Robinson (finger) underwent surgery January 5 and is expected to be out until early February.
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