The game between the Washington Wizards and Miami Heat will take place at Capital One Arena on Friday, April 7 at 7:00 PM ET.
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The Washington Wizards will welcome the Miami Heat to Capital One Arena for an NBA game on Friday. The Washington Wizards lost 134-116 in their last game over the Hawks. The Wizards played without out six of their top eight rotation players, including 20-plus point scorers Bradley Beal, Kristaps Porzingis and Kyle Kuzma as they play out the string following their elimination from playoff contention.
“I thought offensively, we did some good things,” said Wizards coach Wes Unseld Jr. “We moved the ball with pretty good pace. We were sharing the ball as best we can. We had some good looks that didn’t go down, but I’m more concerned with the defensive stuff.” First-round pick Johnny Davis started his third straight game and has averaged 18.7 points in his three starts. Davis scored 20 points each of his past two games. The rookie from Wisconsin averaged 11.6 points in 19 G League games and has played 26 games with the Wizards.
The Miami Heat on the other hand won 105-118 against the Pistons in their last game. Jimmy Butler scored 18 of his 27 points in the fourth quarter and the Miami Heat avoided an embarrassing loss by rallying to beat the hapless Detroit Pistons 118-105 on Tuesday night. Miami (42-37) kept its chance of escaping the Play-In tournament alive, but Detroit (16-63) made it tough before losing its 10th straight and falling to 1-21 in its last 22 games.
“We had a lot of guys contribute to this win, but Jimmy did what closers do,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We just need to get him the ball and we trust that he’s going to make the right decisions. “That’s what he does.” Gabe Vincent scored 22 points for the Heat while Bam Adebayo and Tyler Herro had 18 apiece.
The Heat led 80-79 at the start of the fourth quarter, but weren’t able to pull away from the NBA’s worst team. Back-to-back 3-pointers by Cory Joseph put Detroit ahead 97-94 with 6:42 left, but Butler’s floater gave Miami a 100-99 edge with 4:35 remaining. Spoelstra started sending his defense hard at Ivey, and Detroit struggled to adapt.
Washington Wizards: Corey Kispert, Anthony Gill, Daniel Gafford, Jonathan Davis, Jordan Goodwin
Miami Heat: Jimmy Butler, Max Strus, Bam Adebayo, Tyler Herro, Gabe Vincent
Washington Wizards: Deni Avdija, Monte Morris, Kyle Kuzma, Kristaps Porzingis, Delon Wright, Bradley Beal
Miami Heat: Bam Adebayo, Nikola Jovic, Kyle Lowry
The game between the Washington Wizards and Miami Heat will take place at Capital One Arena on Friday, April 7 at 7:00 PM ET.
The match between the Washington Wizards and Miami Heat will be telecast live on NBC Sports Washington, TNT.
| Country | Channel | Date and Time |
| United States | NBC Sports Washington, TNT. | April 7 (7:00 PM ET) |
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