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Wednesday, April 17 at 8:00 p.m. EST - Miami, FL

 

American Airlines Arena

 

TV: Fox Sports Florida

 

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*******MAGIC STARTERS*******

 

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#4 - Maurice Harkless_#12 - Tobias Harris_#9 - Nikola Vucevic_ #19 - Beno Udrih

 

#44 - Andrew Nicholson

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HEAT STARTERS

 

#40 - Udonis Haslem_#15 - Mario Chalmers_#3 - Dwayne Wade_ #1 - Chris Bosh

 

#6 - LeBron James

 

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****I DON'T KNOW WHO'S STARTING**** :creaturedance:

 

MAGIC - HEAT PREVIEW

 

ESPN GO.com

Wednesday, April 17, 2013

 

The Miami Heat would figure to have little left to play for in their regular-season finale. They've already secured their best finish in franchise history as well as home-court advantage throughout the playoffs.

 

But they can accomplish one more thing with a win in Miami on Wednesday night -- their first season sweep over the Orlando Magic in eight years.

 

The Heat, having won 36 of 38, will also be looking to pick up even more momentum heading into the postseason, though Wednesday's lineup may not exactly resemble the one that will be competing for a second straight NBA title.

 

LeBron James missed Wednesday morning's shootaround to tend to a personal matter and is not expected to play.

 

James (hamstring), Dwyane Wade (knee), Shane Battier (knee) and Udonis Haslem (ankle) are all listed on the team's injury report, and none played Monday at Cleveland. Mario Chalmers and Chris Bosh also sat out. None of the injuries are believed to be serious, with most just getting an extra breather before the playoffs per coach Erik Spoelstra's request.

 

It still didn't keep Miami from claiming a 96-95 win over the Cavaliers. Norris Cole turned in 16 points, 11 rebounds and nine assists and stripped the ball from Kyrie Irving with two seconds left to preserve the victory.

 

While the Heat are guaranteed to finish with the league's best record, the Magic (20-61) are tied with Charlotte for the worst.

 

They've lost 11 straight on the road and 15 of 17 overall after a 102-84 home loss to Chicago on Monday. The team hasn't won on the road since March 4, against New Orleans.

 

Another defeat would give Orlando its second-worst record in franchise history, only edging the 1989-90 expansion team's mark of 18-64.

 

"It shows us how much better we have to get, how much harder we have to play," said rookie Maurice Harkless, averaging 14.9 points over his last 15 games. "You know we're a young team. We've got to learn how tough it is playing against these playoff teams. Hopefully in the future we'll be a playoff team."

 

 

LINK:__ http://scores.espn.go.com/nba/preview?gameId=400278940

 

 

GO MAGIC!!! :D

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Miami rolled out the worst starting five of all time against the Cavs (and somehow won). I hope we lose, but if they roll that lineup out again we'll win by 20.

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The NBA has an agenda to keep. A win would come to the surprise of all of us.

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Lebron and Chalmers are apparently the only ones sitting tonight. :svgsad:

Why? Why do any of their starting 5 need to play? They have nothing to play for tonight. Nothing!

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I'm surprised some people are hoping for a win...

 

Why are you surprised? Do you not want your favorite basketball team to win the last game of the season??? Do you really want to be known around the nba as the team with the worst record?? Take some damn pride in your team! Do you think that losing this game will miraculously give us the #1 pick? The team with the worst overall record has only landed the #1 pick in the draft lottery once in the last 8 years! You actually have a better shot, statistically, of landing the #1 pick if you're NOT the worst team in the league at the end of the season. In the battle of the sunshine state you really want the friggin MIAMI HEAT to win??? After 2 close games against them we should've won? And after the time before last we played them and the refs gave them the game at the end to preserve their streak? It baffles me that you are even on this forum and call yourself a fan!!

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Miami rolled out the worst starting five of all time against the Cavs (and somehow won). I hope we lose, but if they roll that lineup out again we'll win by 20.

Trey Time doesn't think we get pooped on? I'm kind of shocked. :bigparty:

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The team with the worst overall record has only landed the #1 pick in the draft lottery once in the last 8 years! You actually have a better shot, statistically, of landing the #1 pick if you're NOT the worst team in the league at the end of the season.

 

:panicworker:

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