Miami Heat and Oklahoma City will be squaring off in the Wednesday fixture of American Basketball League 2019-20.
Team preview
Miami Heat is on the road to take Oklahoma City on Wednesday night. Miami got a thumping victory against Indiana in the home game on Monday night, after dropping two straight and three of four games. The Heat is one game ahead of fifth-place Indiana and 1.5 games on the Sixers. The Heat was tied at the half against Indiana but taking the 14-points advantage gave a green light to Miami to put pressure Indiana to claim the game 114-92. The home side shot 44.9 percent from the field and Jimmy Butler paced the Heat with a double-double (19 points, 11 rebounds).
Meanwhile, Oklahoma City was thrashed by the Suns, despite having a 14-point advantage after the first quarter of the game. After the half-game, both sides had one point difference with the score-line of 64-65. In the second half, Phoenix took a straight double-figure advantage to win it 128-101. Thunder shot only 38.9percent from the field. Darius Bazley paced the Thunder with 22 points and 10 rebounds in the loss. Oklahoma City leads the all-time regular-season series against the Heat but they were on the losing side in their two previous meetings.
Starting Possible Line-ups
Miami Heat
Goran Dragic (PG), Jimmy Butler (SG), Duncan Robinson (SG), B Jae Crowder (SF), Bam Adebayo (PF)
Oklahoma City Thunder
Chris Paul (PG), Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SG), Luguentz Dort (SG), Danilo Gallinari (SF), Steven Adams (C)
Key Players
Miami Heat
Jimmy Butler (SG): 20.2 points, 6.7 rebounds
Goran Dragic (PG): 16.2 points, 5.1 assists
Bam Adebayo (PF): 16.1 points, 10.3 rebounds
Oklahoma City Thunder
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (SG): 19.1 points, 6 rebounds
Danilo Gallinari (SF): 19.1 points, 5.3 rebounds
Chris Paul (PG): 17.7 points, 5 rebounds
