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Heat Relatively Healthy Entering Opener

2024-10-24 10:15:02

The Miami Heat are only missing one key player for tonight’s season opener against the Orlando Magic.

Guard Josh Richardson will not play because of a foot injury.

Here’s the game preview:

Game time: 7:30 pm., ET

Where: Kaseya Center, Miami

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Betting line: Heat -1.5

VITALS: The Heat and Magic meet for the first of four matchups this season. Tonight marks the ninth time the Heat has opened a season against Orlando with the last opener between the teams in Miami happening back in 2002. Last season, the Heat won the series, 3-1, and has won
four of the last five overall. Miami is 79-59 all-time versus the Magic during the regular season, including 44-24 in home games and 35-35 in road games. This marks the first game with Pat Riley’s name on the court.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Terry Rozier

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Jimmy Butler

F Nikola Jovic

MAGIC 

F Franz Wagner

F Paolo Banchero

C Draymond Green 

G Jalen Suggs

G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope 

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Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on opening the season: “We’re just trying to get on the same page, put together a game that makes sense for our team. We’re not reinventing the game of basketball. We’re not reinventing it for us. These are supposed to be some subtle, and, hopefully, some-level-of-sophisticated improvements. But that’s really all it is. I just want our guys comfortable. I want them knowing how we’re going to play, what’s going to lead to winning, and get to that more consistently.”

Shandel Richardson is the publisher of Miami Heat On SI. He can be reached at shandelrich@gmail.com

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