While the Heat prepare for hopeful playoff basketball with four games left including Monday night, this outing is an unusual one as the team is missing Bam Adebayo and Andrew Wiggins once again. With the absences, Miami went with the starting lineup of Herro, Pelle Larsson, Alec Burks, Haywood Highsmith, and Ware.

▪ The Heat unraveled in the third quarter and allowed an undermanned team that had lost 11 in a row to hang around far too long. But Miami rook control in the fourth and won a game in which five of the two teams’ six best players were sidelined by injuries.

The Miami Heat will host the lowly Philadelphia 76ers on Midnbay for their 79th game of the season. This is the final week of the regular season before the playoffs begin. The final slate of games will be on Sunday.