The Philadelphia 76ers try to bounce back from a devastating loss to the Celtics on Saturday night as they host the Miami Heat Monday. The Sixers are 39-20 on the season while the Heat are 32-29. These two teams have not met yet this season, but the Heat beat the Sixers in 6 games last May in the playoffs. Tipoff is at 7:00 p.m. EST at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.
The Miami Heat have been struggling as of late, losing four straight games and falling to 7th in the Eastern Conference. They are 32-29 and are 11 games behind the first place Celtics and 1.5 games behind the sixth place Knicks. They are coming off an embarrassing 108-103 loss at Charlotte on Saturday. They only shot 40% from the floor and were out rebounded 48-42.
Despite not being able to get over the hump after a big comeback in Charlotte, we saw the effects Kevin Love will have on Miami's spacing@CoupNBA has that and more Takeaways from last night's game ??
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) February 26, 2023
Tyler Herro led Miami with 33 points and 7 rebounds with 6 threes while Jimmy Butler added 28 points with 7 assists. New signee Kevin Love had 13 points and 13 rebounds while Bam Adebayo had 14 points and 6 rebounds. The Heat are dead last in the NBA with 108.1 points per game. But they are second in team defense, allowing 108.6 points per game. Butler averages 21.7 points per game to lead the Heat.
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