Portland Trail Blazers (6-3, fourth in the Western Conference) vs. Miami Heat (4-6, 12th in the Eastern Conference)
Miami; Monday, 8:30 p.m. EST
BOTTOM LINE: Miami and Portland face off in non-conference action.
Miami finished 11-7 overall last season while going 29-12 at home.
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The Heat averaged 104.2 points per game last season, 17.3 on free throws, and 32.7 from beyond the arc.
Portland went 11-41 in Western Conference play and 10-31 on the road last season.
The Trail Blazers averaged 106.2 points per game while shooting 44.2% from the field and 34.6% from 3-point range last season.
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The teams play for the second time this season. In the last meeting on Oct. 27, the Heat won 119-98 led by 18 points from Bam Adebayo, while Damian Lillard scored 22 points for the Trail Blazers.
INJURIES: Heat: Victor Oladipo: out (knee), Omer Yurtseven: day to day (knee), Nikola Jovic: day to day (knee), Jimmy Butler: day to day (hip).
Trail Blazers: Trendon Watford: out (hip), Gary Payton II: out (core), Damian Lillard: out (calf), Olivier Sarr: out (wrist), Anfernee Simons: out (foot).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
