The Miami Heat will get an opportunity to respond from their Friday night loss to the Knicks with a second consecutive matchup; this time back at the Kaseya Center.
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The Miami Heat have hit their first bit of adversity this season, coming off two straight losses while the team patiently awaits the returns from their All-Star duo of Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro.

Although they are making progress, the Heat need to prepare for a little while longer without them. Their depth needs to prove that they can keep things afloat in the meantime, and they are in a perfect opportunity to bounce back for Monday night’s matchup. They will face the New York Knicks for the second consecutive matchup following a 140-132 loss in the Garden over the weekend.

This time, Miami will play New York at home inside the Kaseya Center, where they have gone 5-1 to begin this season. The Heat have dropped to 7-6 on the season overall, as the Knicks are sporting an 8-4 record. Just last week, Miami had emerged into the Eastern Conferences’s third seed, but have gone all the way down to seventh (and back in play-in territory) ever since. Both of the Heat and Knicks are 1-1 against each other this season.

As Adebayo and Herro remain sidelined, the Knicks are still dealing with injury issues too. Jalen Brunson will remain out again with an ankle injury. And OG Anunoby is also to be sidelined after aggravating a hamstring injury in the previous matchup.

Miami will undoubtedly have to take care of their rebounding woes if they want to earn the bounce back win. The Knicks destroyed them on the glass, led by Karl-Anthony Towns’ 39 points and 11 rebounds double-double. Additionally, coach Erik Spoelstra will need to see a better and more efficient offensive support to Norman Powell across the entire rotation.

Can the Heat avoid a season-worst three-game losing skid and dropping to a .500 record tonight? Let us know in the comments!

Injury Report (at the time of this publishing):

Miami Heat: 

Tyler Herro (ankle) — OUT

Bam Adebayo (toe) — OUT

Terry Rozier (not with team) — OUT

Myron Gardner (g-league) — OUT

Jahmir Young (g-league) — OUT

Kasparas Jakucionis (g-league) — OUT

New York Knicks: 

Miles McBride (personal) — QUESTIONABLE

Jalen Brunson (ankle) — OUT

OG Anunoby (hamstring) — OUT

Projected Starting 5 (subject to change):

Miami Heat:

Davion Mitchell, G

Norman Powell, G

Pelle Larsson, G/F

Andrew Wiggins, F

Kel’el Ware, C

New York Knicks: 

Miles McBride, G

Mikal Bridges, G

Josh Hart, F

Karl-Anthony Towns, F

Mitchell Robinson, C

Broadcast Info:

Tipoff: 7:30 PM EST

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Sun (Eric Reid & John Crotty)

Radio: AM 560 Sports WQAM & The HEAT Radio Network (Jason Jackson)

Spanish Radio: WAQI 710 AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda)

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