Miami HEAT vs. Memphis Grizzlies
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- The HEAT and the Grizzlies meet for the first of two matchups this regular season.
- Last season the teams split the series, 1-1, with each team winning on the road.
- The HEAT are 28-23 against Memphis in the regular season, including 16-10 in home games and 12-13 in road games.
- Tonight marks the first of a straight set with another home game tomorrow against Detroit. This is Miami’s fifth straight game of the season after winning both once, splitting them twice and losing both once. Additionally, the HEAT will play 14 consecutive games this season after also playing 14 last year, however, Miami will not play a single consecutive game in January, marking as the only time in team history that the HEAT won’t have a single back-to-back in a month with that many games (15 games). The last month without a consecutive game with the most games dates back to April 1995 (10 games).
- Max Strus has already posted seven 20-point games this season, having done so eight times all last season.
- Bam Adebayo has scored in double figures in the 21 games he has appeared in this season and in 37 straight since last season, marking the second longest streak of his career.
- Miami: Jimmy Butler, doubtful, injury/illness (right knee; pain) – Dewayne Dedmon, doubtful, injury/illness (left foot; plantar fasciitis) – Tyler Herro, probable, injury/illness (left ankle; sprain) – Haywood Highsmith , Likely, Injury/Illness (Right Ankle; Sprain) – Duncan Robinson, Likely, Injury/Illness (Left Ankle; Sprain) – Max Strus, Likely, Injury/Illness (Right Shoulder; Conflict) – Gabe Vincent, Uncertain, Injury/ Illness (left knee; effusion) – Jamal Cain, out, G League (two-way) – Nikola Jovic, out, G League (on assignment) – Victor Oladipo, out, injury/illness (left knee; tendinosis) – Dru Smith, Out , G League (Two-Way) – Omer Yurtseven, Out, Injury/Illness (Left Ankle; Surgery)
- Memphis: not yet submitted
| Miami Heat | CATEGORY | OPPONENT |
|---|---|---|
| 109.5 | Points per game | 115.0 |
| 110.3 | OPPONENT POINTS PER MATCH | 113.8 |
| .452 | FGPCT. | .460 |
| .473 | OPPONENT FG PCT. | .465 |
| .337 | 3-PT FG PCT. | .363 |
| .847 | FT PCT. | .698 |
| 41.2 | REBOUNDS PER MATCH | 49.1 |
| 43.7 | OPPONENT REBOUND PER MATCH | 42.6 |
| 23.9 | ASSISTANCES PER MATCH | 24.1 |
| 7.70 | FLIGHTS PER MATCH | 6.86 |
| 14.2 | Turnover per game | 14.7 |
| 16.3 | OPPONENT RETURNS PER MATCH | 14.2 |
| 3.43 | BLOCKS PER GAME | 5.36 |
