Miami Heat @ New Orleans Pelicans

Miami Heat(47-20) @ New Orleans(28-40)

8:00PM

New Orleans, LA

Smootie King Center 

Coverage on Sun Sports and FSNO

Miami Heat Starting Lineup:

PG:Mario Chalmers

SG:Toney Douglas

SF:LeBron James

PF:Chris Bosh

C:Udonis Haslem

Heat Inactives:Dwyane Wade(rest), Greg Oden(rest) and Justin Hamilton

New Orleans Pelicans Starting Lineup:

PG:Brian Roberts

SG:Tyreke Evans 

SF:Al-Farouq Aminu

PF:Luke Babbitt

C:Anthony Davis

Pelicans Inactive List:Eric Gordon(knee), Ryan Anderson(neck & back), Jason Smith(knee), and Jrue Holiday(leg)

Tonight the Miami Heat look to grab a win against the short handed New Orleans Pelicans. Even though many of their key players are injured the Pelicans still are able to start All-Star caliber Anthony Davis. Dwyane Wade and Greg Oden will be inactive to rest, as tonight's game is the second game of a back to back for the Heat, who won last night against the Memphis Grizzles by a score of 91-86.Toney Douglas and Udonis Haslem will start in place of Wade and Oden. As of late Haslem has shown that he can provide key minutes for the Heat. His gritty style of play and his rebounding skills are a huge benefit for a Heat team, who is still questioning themselves as they head into the playoffs. Miami overtaking the Indiana Pacers for the best record in the East is surely a bonus, but at this point it isn't the Heat's main focus. Just being able to play consistently heading into the 2014 postseason, is truly the most important thing for this two time back-to-back champion Heat squad. The way the Heat play these last fifteen games of the regular season heading into late April, will make a big imprint into the Heat completing their feat of the coveted three-peat.