Miami Heat(53-23)
Vs.
Brooklyn Nets(42-34)
8:00PM
Miami,FL
American Airlines Arena
Coverage on Sun Sports and TNT
PG:Mario Chalmers/RIO
SG:Toney Douglas/TEE-DUB
SF:LeBron James/KING JAMES
PF:Shane Battier/BATTLE
C:Chris Bosh/C.B
Heat Inactive List:
Dwyane Wade(hamstring),
Greg Oden(back spasms), and Udonis Haslem(stomach flu)
Brooklyn Nets Starting Lineup:
PG:Deron Williams/D-WILL
SG:Joe Johnson/JJ
SF:Shaun Livingston/S-DOT
PF:Paul Pierce/TRUTH
C:Mason Plumlee/PLUMS
Nets Inactve List:
Kevin Garnett(back),
Brook Lopez(foot) and Andray Blache(illness)
The Miami Heat are set to tip-off agaisnt a Brooklyn Nets team, who have won all three previous games in the season series between Heat this season. Brooklyn has been the best team record wise in the Eastern Cpnfernce, since the start of the new year. The Nets look like a completly different team than what they previously looked like earlier in the season. Miami looks to continue to play good and win, as they look to keep the #1 seed in the East heading into the playoffs. With the recent struggles of the Indiana Pacers, the Heat are in good position to keep hold of the best record in the East, heading into the playoffs. With the Heat being up a full game over the Pacers in the East, Friday's game versus Indiana is high in importance. It seems to me that the Indiana Pacers have put way to much importance on grabbing hold of the #1 seed in the East, ignoring the condition of their players along the way.
As things have gone bad for the Pacers the leadership of Frank Vogel
hasn't been strong, as players have argued with each other on and off the floor. The Pacers have somehow imploded infront of our eyes in a way not seen often in sports. Indiana's play recently has slightly hauled the conversation of the Heat versus Pacers Eastern Finals that was once an immediate thought. Nevertheless the NBA playoffs are on the horizon, as the two time defending Miami Heat look to complete the hard feat of a three-peat Miami looks to end the season series between the Nets with a victory tonight
, to improve the season record with Brooklyn to 3-1.
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