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VITALS: The\u00a0Miami Heat<\/a>\u00a0(40-37) and\u00a0Washington Wizards<\/a>\u00a0(17-59) meet for the third of four regular season matchups. So far this season, Miami has won both previous contests, each by 20+ points, and has now won six of the last seven overall against Washington. The Heat are 102-48 all-time versus the Wizards during the regular season, including 56-19 in home games and 46-29 in road games.<\/p>\n

The Heat head into this game as the tenth seed in the East, one game behind the Orlando Magic and 1.5 games behind the Charlotte Hornets.<\/p>\n

The Wizards, meanwhile, come into the game as the 15th seed in the East, half a game behind the Brooklyn Nets and Indiana Pacers.<\/p>\n

Game date, time and location:\u00a0Saturday, Apr. 4, 3:00 p.m. EST, Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida<\/p>\n

TV:\u00a0FanDuel Sports Network Sun, Monumental Sports Network (Washington, D.C.)<\/p>\n

Radio:\u00a0104.3 FM (Miami\/Ft. Lauderdale), ESPN 106.3 FM, (West Palm Beach), FOX Sports Radio 105.9 FM (Ft. Myers\/Naples), 1450 AM (Suart), 97.7 FM (Florida Keys), WAQI 710 AM (Spanish-language broadcast, South Florida), 980 AM, 99.1 FM (Washington, D.C.)<\/p>\n

PROJECTED STARTERSHEAT<\/p>\n

G Davion Mitchell<\/p>\n

G Simone Fontecchio<\/p>\n

C Bam Adebayo<\/p>\n

F Pelle Larsson<\/p>\n

F Andrew Wiggins<\/p>\n

WIZARDS<\/p>\n

G Bub Carrington<\/p>\n

G Tre Johnson<\/p>\n

C Anthony Gill<\/p>\n

F Bilal Coulibaly<\/p>\n

F Will Riley<\/p>\n

INJURY REPORTHEAT<\/p>\n

Tyler Herro: Out – Personal Reasons<\/p>\n

Norman Powell: Out – Illness<\/p>\n

Trevor Keels: Available – G League\/Two-Way<\/p>\n

Jahmir Young: Available – G League\/Two-Way<\/p>\n

Vlad Goldin: Available – G League\/Two-Way<\/p>\n

Terry Rozier: Out – Not with team<\/p>\n

WIZARDS<\/p>\n

Alex Sarr: Out – Toe<\/p>\n

Trae Young: Out – Quadriceps<\/p>\n

Tre Johnson: Available – Foot<\/p>\n

Bilal Coulibaly: Available – Heel<\/p>\n

Justin Champagnie: Available – Knee<\/p>\n

Tristan Vukcevic: Out – Knee<\/p>\n

Kyshawn George: Out – Elbow<\/p>\n

Anthony Davis: Out – Finger<\/p>\n

Cam Whitmore: Out – DVT<\/p>\n

D’Angelo Russell: Out – Not injury related<\/p>\n

Leaky Black: Active – Two-Way<\/p>\n

Sharife Cooper: Active – Two-Way<\/p>\n

Julian Reese: Active – Two-Way<\/p>\n

Spread: Heat +5 (-114), Celtics -5 (-106)<\/p>\n

Moneyline: Heat +164, Celtics -196<\/p>\n

Total points scored: 229.5 (over -112, under -108)<\/p>\n

Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change. If you or someone you know has a gambling problem and wants help, call\u00a0.<\/p>\n

QUOTABLE<\/p>\n

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on if there will be carryover from the last matchup against the Wizards: “I’m sure there will be and we’re playing all of our games expecting that teams are going to bring their best and hopefully that brings out a better level in us. Right now, I just absolutely love the spirit and intentions of the group. We all know that we have to play better, particularly as everybody’s raising their level.”<\/p>\n

For more Miami Heat information and conversation, check out\u00a0Off The Floor.<\/a>Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI and producer\/co-host of the\u00a0Five on the Floor podcast<\/a>, covering the Heat and NBA. He can be reached at\u00a0Twitter: @tropicalblanket<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"VITALS: The\u00a0Miami Heat\u00a0(40-37) and\u00a0Washington Wizards\u00a0(17-59) meet for the third of four regular season matchups. So far this season,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":698398,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3780],"tags":[7,6,682,468,3892,683],"class_list":{"0":"post-698397","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-washington-wizards","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-nba","10":"tag-washington","11":"tag-washington-wizards","12":"tag-washingtonwizards","13":"tag-wizards"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116348367929106641","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698397","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=698397"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/698397\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/698398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=698397"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=698397"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=698397"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}