{"id":52081,"date":"2025-04-12T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-12T08:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=52081"},"modified":"2025-04-12T08:00:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-12T08:00:14","slug":"erik-spoelstra-makes-startling-decision-ahead-of-heats-game-vs-pelicans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=52081","title":{"rendered":"Erik Spoelstra makes startling decision ahead of Heat&#8217;s game vs Pelicans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"inline-text-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images2.minutemediacdn.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,x_0,y_0,w_6000,h_3375\/c_fill,w_720,ar_16:9,f_auto,q_auto,g_auto\/images\/GettyImages\/mmsport\/115\/01jrk5wyeba6mt2aze0r.jpg\" alt=\"Miami Heat v Chicago Bulls\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Two games left, starting with Friday night against the Pelicans. The Miami Heat are virtually locked into the 10th seed, but coach Erik Spoelstra says he\u2019s not changing his approach.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-1\">\u201cWe&#8217;re going to treat it the same in terms of our rotation,\u201d Spoelstra told reporters in New Orleans. \u201cI won&#8217;t scoreboard watch. We&#8217;re just focused on tonight and our business.\u201d<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-2\">You could argue there\u2019s more to gain from resting key players but, hey, that\u2019s Spoelstra\u2019s decision.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-3\">Here\u2019s what to know for Friday night\u2019s tilt.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-4\">How to watch Heat at Pelicans<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-5\">Time: 8 pm ET<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-6\">Location: Smoothie King Center, New Orleans<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-7\">TV: FanDuel Sports Network<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-8\">Stream: NBA League Pass, Fubo<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-9\">Notable injuries<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-10\">Despite my lobbying not to do so, the Heat are playing most of their guys. Bam Adebayo, who sat out Monday\u2019s win in Philadelphia because of back spasms, is off the injury report.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-11\">Tyler Herro (thigh contusion), Andrew Wiggins (right hamstring), Duncan Robinson (lower back), Alec Burks (lower back) and Haywood Highsmith (Achilles soreness) are all expected to be available.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-12\">Pelle Larsson is out with a right ankle sprain, while Nikola Jovic (hand), Dru Smith (Achilles) and Kevin Love (personal reasons) remain out.<\/p>\n<p id=\"inline-text-13\">For the Pelicans, Brandon Boston, Bruce Brown, Jordan Hawkins, Herb Jones, CJ McCollum, Yves Missi, Trey Murphy III, Dejounte Murray, Kelly Olynyk and Zion Williamson are all out. Jose Alvarado is questionable.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-14\">Quick scout<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-15\">The Pelicans\u2019 season was derailed by injuries, and they are more concerned about making more out of the draft lottery than the remainder of this season. They\u2019ve lost five straight entering Friday night.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-16\">Key matchups<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-17\">There aren\u2019t any. If the Heat really want to win this game, there\u2019s no reason why they shouldn\u2019t.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"inline-text-18\">Betting<\/h2>\n<p id=\"inline-text-19\">The Heat are 15.5-point favorites on the road.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Heat vs New Orleans Pelicans injury report, betting information and how to watch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":52085,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Erik Spoelstra makes startling decision ahead of Heat&#039;s game vs Pelicans - News 365<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/new365.azontree.com\/?p=52081\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Erik Spoelstra makes startling decision ahead of Heat&#039;s game vs Pelicans - 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