Miami Heat make adjustments to starting lineup with Jimmy Butler injured

The Miami Heat will play without Jimmy Butler for the second game in a row and will start with the same starting lineup.

The starters are: Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson, Haywood Highsmith and Jaime Jaquez.

Here is the game preview:

Game time: 7 p.m., Kia Center, Orlando

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Betting line: Heat +1.5

VITALITY: The Heat and Magic meet for the third of four regular season meetings. Orlando has won both meetings so far this season, but has lost the season series to the Heat in the last five straight seasons. The HEAT are 79-61 against the Magic in the regular season, including 44-25 in home games and 35-36 in away games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Duncan Robinson

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Haywood Highsmith

F Jaime Jaquez

MAGIC

F Tristan da Silva

F Trevelin Queen

C Goga Bitadze

G Jalen suggests

G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

INJURY REPORT

HEAT

Jimmy Butler: Out – conditioning

Terry Rozier: Questionable – knee

Dru Smith: Out – Achilles

Josh Richardson: Out – Heel

MAGIC

Paolo Banchero: Out – Oblique

Gary Harris: Questionable – hamstring injury

Mac McClung: Out – G League

Franz Wagner: Out – Oblique

Moritz Wagner: Out – knees

QUOTABLE

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on blowing a 25-point lead in their last loss to the Magic: “We had to deal with it first. If it were simply swept under the rug, it would be a major defeat. These are the ones who hit you.” There is a lesson to be learned from this. I watched it several times.

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Shandel Richardson is editor of Miami Heat On SI. He can be reached at [email protected]

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