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The Miami Heat will be taking on the Orlando Magic in the regular season finale Wednesday evening. As you can expect, most players will be game-time decisions.
Despite sitting all five of the team’s starters, Erik Spoelstra and the Heat still managed to escape Cleveland with a minimal one-point win. With home-court advantage throughout the playoffs safe and secured, Miami will most likely rest the majority of the team yet again. According to ESPN, LeBron James missed the Heat shootaround due to personal matters, so the reigning MVP is pretty much ruled out for tonight.
While Miami has nothing to play for, it would be nice to finish the regular season on a high note. The team has already put together another winning streak, having won seven consecutive games.
Mike Miller has been highly instrumental in the late-season streak, but other role players have also stepped up in the absence of the team’s starters. Norris Cole was just one assist shy of a triple-double against the Cleveland Cavaliers, while Chris Andersen has continued to look impressive off the bench, recording a season-high 15 points and adding seven rebounds against the Chicago Bulls.
Even though Miami will be short-handed against the Magic, there is still a pretty good chance that the Heat will finish the regular season with yet another victory. After a decent start to the season, Orlando is now tied for the worst record in the league, trailing Miami by 45 games. However, Tobias Harris has put up some monster numbers, and is averaging 19.9 points and 10 rebounds in April.
Vytis is a Miami Heat and NBA columnist for RantSports. You can follow him on Twitter: @VytisLasaitis
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