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The Miami Heat return home to square off with the Dallas Mavericks on the second night of a back-to-back inside Kaseya Center at 7:30 p.m. EST.

Winners of four-straight, Miami (11-6) is five games above .500 for the first time since 2023-24. The Heat owns the league’s 12th-best offense, fourth-best defense, 10th-best effective field goal percentage and 11th-best true-shooting percentage.

And they get Tyler Herro back!

The one-time All-Star, coming off a career season, will likely need some time to acclimate after foot surgery. But Herro should be additive to an already potent offense that’s been held down by Norman Powell and Jaime Jaquez Jr.

Conversely, the Mavericks, spearheaded by No. 1 overall pick Cooper Flagg, are a mess, owning the league’s worst offense with the 8th-worst NET Rating. They have looked a lot more functional with Brandon Williams running the show, however. Though that was a low bar.

What are you looking forward to most with Monday’s game?!

Injury Report (at the time of this publishing):

Miami Heat: 

NOT YET SUBMITTED.

Dallas Mavericks: 

Anthony Davis (calf) — DOUBTFUL

Dante Exum (knee) — OUT

Kyrie Irving (knee) — OUT

Dereck Lively (foot) — OUT

Ryan Nembhard (knee) — QUESTIONABLE

Brandon Williams (Back) — QUESTIONABLE

Projected Starting 5 (subject to change):

Miami Heat:

Davion Mitchell, G

Tyler Herro

Norman Powell, G

Bam Adebayo, F/C

Kel’el Ware, C

Dallas Mavericks: 

Brandon Williams, G (if healthy)

Max Christie, G

Cooper Flagg, F

P.J. Washington, F

Daniel Gafford, 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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