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This is our GAMETHREAD: Chat live about the game here!The Miami Heat (11-12) take on the Memphis Grizzlies (14-9) tonight at the FedEx Forum on Monday, December 5th.The game will air locally on Bally Sports and on NBA League Pass beginning 8:00pm EST.INACTIVE/INJURIES
MIAMI:


     Victor Oladipo: out
     Omer Yurtseven: out
     Dewayne Dedmon: out


Grizzlies
BROADCAST INFORMATION:


     TV: Watch the game live on Bally Sports Sun or NBA League Pass
     Radio: Listen live on 95.7 The Game, WQAM 560, S: WAQI 710


Tipoff: 7:30 p.m. EST

After pulling off one of the greatest upsets in NBA playoff history, the Miami Heat went into New York and took Game 1 of their second-round series against the New York Knicks.However, Jimmy Butler sustained an ankle injury in the process, thrusting Miami's plan for the remainder of the series into question.

The Miami Heat are preparing to play Tuesday's Game 2 against the New York Knicks without star Jimmy Butler, who is dealing with a right knee sprain, players and coaches told reporters Monday.Butler sustained the injury with just over five minutes remaining in the fourth quarter of Miami's 108-101 Game 1 win in New York on Sunday.

After 10 years, a whole decade's worth of bullshit, season after season of losing, the New York Knicks are back in the second round of the NBA playoffs.During that time, we had to endure names like Andrea Bargnani, Lou Amundson, Cleanthony Early, Samuel Dalembert, and the inflated, overpaid corpse of Joakim Noah wearing the orange and blue.

The Miami Heat have had several chances to take control of the standings.They made a push to come so close to the 5th seed, trailing by only 1.5 games at one point.Now it's looking more and more slim of getting there, as the Heat have dropped 3 straight games since, including tonight's loss in New York 101-92.

The 30-25 Miami Heat will be taking on the visiting Houston Rockets in Miami.The tanking Rockets are supporting a 13-42 record, and lost to Miami earlier in the season.Tyler Herro dropped a career high 41 points and 10 threes that game.Even though the Rockets are one of the worst teams this year, this could easily be a "trap game" where Heat fans could expect it to be an easy win, just to lose in the final minutes of a close game in the 4th quarter.

This is our GAMETHREAD: Chat live about the game here INACTIVE/INJURIES:
Heat


Gabe Vincent, probable
Udonis Haslem, out
Victor Oladipo, out
Kyle Lowry, out
Nikola Jovic, out
Duncan Robinson, out
Omer Yurtseven, out


Magic


Kevon Harris, out
Chuma Okeke, out
Admiral Schofield, out
Patrick Beverley, out


BROADCAST INFORMATION:


TV: Watch the game live on Bally Sports Sun or NBA League Pass
Radio: Listen live on KKSE 92.5FM, S: WAQI 710


Tipoff: 7:00 p.m. EST

Before eliminating the Cleveland Cavaliers from the NBA playoffs, and midway through Game 5 of the Eastern Conference first-round series, All-Star forward Julius Randle was putting on a masterclass.This being the Knicks, something bad had to happen.That's how we ended up looking at Randle going down late in the second quarter after stepping on the foot of Caris LeVert.

After finally ending their three-game losing streak with a comfortable and dominant win against the lowly Rockets, the 43-33 Knicks host the 40-36 Heat in what will be a crucial game with significant seeding implications.The Heat, much like the Knicks, have struggled as of late.They find themselves three games behind the Knicks with just six games left.

Victor Oladipo hasn't played in two of the Miami Heat's last three games.And the one game he checked in was the frustrating March 18 loss to the Chicago Bulls, in which Kyle Lowry didn't play.Now, Lowry is questionable for tomorrow's game against the New York Knicks.That leaves open the possibility of whether Oladipo plays.

Game Story:
The 36-33 and 7th seed Miami Heat are set for a matchup against the 33-35 Utah Jazz back inside Miami-Dade Arena.The Heat are coming off a very disappointing loss to the Orlando Magic; a game that featured Jimmy Butler walk off the court prior to the game was over.Butler's frustration is certainly understandable, as he hit a heroic game tying 3 in the final seconds of regulation just for the team to get extremely outplayed in overtime.

Game Story:
The 36-33 and 7th seed Miami Heat are set for a matchup against the 33-35 Utah Jazz back inside Miami-Dade Arena.The Heat are coming off a very disappointing loss to the Orlando Magic; a game that featured Jimmy Butler walk off the court prior to the game was over.Butler's frustration is certainly understandable, as he hit a heroic game tying 3 in the final seconds of regulation just for the team to get extremely outplayed in overtime.

The Miami Heat fell to the seventh seed after losing to a Brooklyn Nets team that just traded away Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.That's not a guaranteed playoff appearance.Miami would need to win a play-in game to make the postseason.In the past two weeks, the Heat have now lost to the Nets and Knicks - the two teams ahead of them in the standings.

The trade deadline came and went without any Miami Heat move.The OG Anunoby pipe dream didn't materialize.Rumors about a breakdown in the Kyle Lowry/Heat relationship grew so loud that Jimmy Butler addressed them last night.After all that, Lowry is still with the Heat today.Jimmy Butler on Kyle Lowry rumors: I told Kyle you got to control what you can control.

One of the key pieces in the deal that sent Kevin Durant to Phoenix last week lit up the Barclays Center and the Miami Heat Wednesday night in Downtown Brooklyn.Mikal Bridges scored a career-high 45 points, including 15 in a row during a blistering fourth-quarter stretch, as the Nets went into the annual All-Star break with a heartening 116-105 victory over Miami in front of a sellout crowd of 17,963 on the corner of Atlantic and Flatbush.

The Miami Heat held their first practice since the All-Star break today.And Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald reported today that Miami will have to play without Kyle Lowry and Omer Yurtseven for now.NEW: The latest Heat injury updates on Kyle Lowry and Omer Yurtseven, who continue to move closer to their returns https://t.co/Cqbx4dJExB

No Miami Heat fan who paid attention this season thought this team could compete for a title.But fresh off signing Kevin Love and Cody Zeller, an optimistic Heat fan could've thought Miami would make a push and grab the fifth seed.The Heat could've then defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first round.

Friday evening painted ... well, another wild picture for the team in the 305, but Julius Randle's 43 points and last-second god-like fadeaway with less than two seconds left sunk the Miami Heat's ship, 122-120, giving the New York Knicks their eighth straight win and handing the Heat their third straight home loss.

After making no new acquisitions at this most recent NBA Trade Deadline, it was no secret that the Miami Heat were going to be active at this impending buyout market.The organization has two open roster spots and has five days to add a 14th man to its 15-man roster - which could also mean they're waiting to convert center Orlando Robinson, currently on a two-way contract, to a standard contract.

The Miami Heat have gotten some pretty good showings out of a few guys this year.While many will exclaim that it hasn't been enough, far and few between, and with them lacking overall consistency as a unit, which has a bit of truth to it, the fact still remains to be true.While Tyler Herro and Jimmy Butler are the usual suspects, guys like Kyle Lowry and Victor Oladipo have even splashed at times for the Miami Heat.

The Miami Heat are one of the teams in the league that you always need to look out for.As long as they have the core essentials to compete, they are always a team capable of beating you.What that means is that they need, at least, three guys that can come out and give you 20 points in four of seven games in a series.

The Miami Heat closed out their West Coast five-game road trip with a 104-96 win over the Phoenix Suns.By some measures, going 3-2 on a road trip is respectable - especially considering when one of those games came in Denver, where Miami has historically struggled.Victor Oladipo continued to improve offensively.

This is our GAMETHREAD: Chat live about the game here!The Miami Heat (18-17) hit the road with a Friday night matchup against the Denver Nuggets (22-12) at the Ball Arena.Jimmy Butler is listed as available for the Heat, with starters Kyle Lowry and Bam Adebayo thankfully not listed on the injury report.