The Miami Heat host the Milwaukee Bucks Monday evening. (Photo Courtesy of the NBA)
The Miami Heat return home for their preseason home opener Monday night against the Milwaukee Bucks at 7:30 p.m. EST. This will be Milwaukee’s first preseason game, while the Heat opened their preseason in Puerto Rico against the Orlando Magic, losing 126-118.
Miami will be without five guards, including Tyler Herro, Davion Mitchell and Pelle Larsson — in addition to Simone Fontecchio, who had nine points, three rebounds and two assists across 21 minutes in his preseason opener.
The Heat will also have the same starting lineup. Erik Spoelstra’s response as to why was very Spo-like, too.
Heat keeping the same starting lineup from last game
Why?
“Because I didn’t feel like changing it.”
Says he doesn’t know what starting lineup will be day 1, but Niko is playing great right now
— Brady Hawk (@BradyHawk305) October 6, 2025
Erik Spoelstra on starting Nikola Jovic again tonight, said nothing set in stone, “I’ll see what we do with the starting lineup. Niko’s played well. Does that mean he’s going to start Day 1? I don’t know. But I like what he’s doing right now.”
— Ira Winderman (@IraHeatBeat) October 6, 2025
Anyway, here’s our game thread!
Miami Heat Starters:
Norman Powell, G
Jaime Jaquez Jr., F
Nikola Jovic, F
Andrew Wiggins, F
Bam Adebayo, C
Milwaukee Bucks Starters:
Kevin Porter Jr., G
AJ Green, G
Gary Trent Jr., G/F
Kyle Kuzma, F
Myles Turner, C (team debut)
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