Miami Heat Update Kevin Love's Status For Thursday Vs. Denver Nuggets
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Miami Heat center Kevin Love is listed as out for Thursday's game against the Denver Nuggets.
Love is dealing with a heel injury.
Here's the game preview:
Game time: 10 pm., ET
Where: Ball Arena, Denver
TV: TNT
Betting line: Heat +5.5
VITALS: The Heat and Nuggets meet for the first of two matchups this regular season. Last season, Denver won both regular season contests, and more recently, the teams met in the NBA Finals. The Heat are 34-38 all-time versus the Nuggets during the regular season, including 20-15 in home games and 14-23 in road games.
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Terry Rozier
G Tyler Herro
C Bam Adebayo
F Caleb Martin
F Jimmy Butler
NUGGETS
F Michael Porter Jr
F Aaron Gordon
C Nikola Jokic
G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope
G Jamal Murray
INJUY REPORT
HEAT
Thomas Bryant: Out - League Suspension
Kevin Love: Out - Heel
Tyler Herro: Questionable - Left Knee Hyperextension
Josh Richardson: Out - Right Shoulder Dislocation
Orlando Robinson: Questionable - Lower Back Spasms
Dru Smith: Out - Right Knee Surgery
NUGGETS
Hunter Tyson: Questionable - Finger
QUOTABLE
Heat guard Terry Rozier on transitioning from playing for Charlotte Hornets to Heat: "I've been ready to get over here for a while. I'm glad it finally happened. Just going from losing to winning ... Whatever you've got to do to get over that hump to win, I'm all for it."
Shandel Richardson covers the Miami Heat for Inside The Heat, a Fan Nation channel for Sports Illustrated. He has covered the NBA since 2010.
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