Heat, Thunder Looking To Build Momentum
The Miami Heat play the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday at Orlando.

The Heat are coming off an impressive win over the Pacers on Monday, where they led by 14 points at the start of the fourth quarter and stayed in control the rest of the way. Seven players scored in double digits for Miami, led by Jimmy Butler, who finished with 19 points, 11 rebounds, five assists, four steals and one block. Derrick Jones followed up with 18 points, five rebounds, one steal and one block, while Tyler Herro added 17 points, five rebounds, two assists and one block. Jae Crowder, Duncan Robinson, Goran Dragic and Bam Adebayo each also scored in double digits. With the win, the Heat moved one step closer to locking up the fourth spot in the East, as they now sit 1.0 games ahead of fifth and 2.0 games ahead of sixth. However, they have yet to build any consistency in the bubble restart, as they have not recorded consecutive wins over their six games.

Meanwhile, the Thunder are coming off a loss in their most recent contest and have also been unable to gather any momentum so far during the restart, with a 3-3 record over six games, and no consecutive wins. On the plus side, rookie Darius Bazley led the Thunder with 22 points, 10 rebounds, three assists, a steal and a block in the most recent contest, where he got the start for the sidelined Danilo Gallinari. Gallinari (ankle), Steven Adams (leg) and Shai Gilgeous-Alexander (calf) all missed the Thunder's most recent contest and remain questionable for action on Wednesday. Dennis Schroder (personal) has missed the last five games and has no set date to return. The Thunder sit fifth place in the West, just 1.0 game behind fourth place, but also only 0.5 games ahead of sixth and 2.0 games ahead of seventh.
Posted on: 8/11/2020 8:00 PM
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