The game between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers will take place at Miami-Dade Arena on Wednesday, February 8 at 7:30 PM ET.
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The Miami Heat will welcome the Indiana Pacers to Miami-Dade Arena for an NBA game on Wednesday. The Heat lost 123-115 in their last game over the Bucks. Jimmy Butler scored 32 points and Tyler Herro added 24 for the Heat, who had just nine available players. Notable injured Miami players included Kyle Lowry (sore left knee) and Victor Oladipo (sprained right ankle).
Antetokounmpo had his third triple-double of the season and 32nd of his career. The 11 assists matched his season high. Antetokounmpo had 26 points, 14 rebounds and 11 assists in a victory at Minnesota on Nov. 4. He had 30 points, 21 and 10 assists in an overtime win at Toronto on Jan. 4. The Bucks gained a measure of revenge after losing consecutive games in Miami on Jan. 12 and 14. Antetokounmpo didn’t play in either of those games.
Khris Middleton scored a season-high 24 points and put the Bucks ahead for good with a tiebreaking buzzer beater to end the third quarter. Grayson Allen added 19, Jrue Holiday 15 and Pat Connaughton 14. “They’re a great team, so they’re going to find ways to change the rhythm of the game, change the pace a little bit, figure out a way to get back in the game,” Middleton said. “They did. … We were just able to sustain the things we were doing and not let their changes affect us as much.”
The Indiana Pacers on the other hand lost 103-122 against the Cavaliers in their last game. Myles Turner had 27 points and 10 rebounds for Indiana, which has lost 12 of 14. All-Star Tyrese Haliburton finished with 15 points and 11 assists, while Buddy Hield had 16 points. After alternating wins and losses over its prior eight games, Cleveland took control in the second quarter, led 62-46 at halftime and stretched its advantage to 23 points in the third quarter and as many as 26 in the fourth.
“There’s a seriousness to our approach and an attitude to how we are playing,” Cleveland coach J.B. Bickerstaff said. “I think we are taking steps in the right direction. Sometimes when the offense comes easy, you just get in a back-and-forth, but in the fourth we did a much better job of tightening back up and controlling the tempo. We are growing in that area of understanding the intensity level that it takes.” The Pacers were within 27-25 at the end of the first quarter but couldn’t keep up after that.
Miami Heat: Jimmy Butler, Caleb Martin, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Gabe Vincent
Indiana Pacers: Buddy Hield, Aaron Nesmith, Myles Turner, Tyrese Haliburton, Andrew Nembhard
Miami Heat: Duncan Robinson, Kyle Lowry, Orlando Robinson, Gabe Vincent, Victor Oladipo, Nikola Jovic, Omer Yurtseven
Indiana Pacers: Chris Duarte
The game between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers will take place at Miami-Dade Arena on Wednesday, February 8 at 7:30 PM ET.
The match between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers will be telecast live on Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun, Bally Sports Indiana, Fox Sports Indiana.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | Bally Sports Sun, Fox Sports Sun, Bally Sports Indiana, Fox Sports Indiana. | February 8 (7:30 PM ET) |
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