Miami Heat’s Star ruled Out Versus Cleveland Cavs Due To Personal Reasons

Kevin Love of the Miami Heat will not play against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Wednesday night.
Kevin Love, a Miami Heat forward, was a late addition to the injured list for Wednesday’s game against the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Love is listed out due to personal reasons.

Here’s the game preview:

Game time: 7:30 p.m., ET

Where: Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -2

VITALS: The Heat and Cavaliers meet for the first of three matchups this season. Last season, the teams split the season series, 2-2. The Heat are 76-50 all-time versus Cleveland during the regular season, including 49-15 in home games and 27-35 in road games. For the Heat, Bam Adebayo (hip) is probable and Kevin Love (personal reasons), Tyler Herro (ankle), Jamal Cain ( G League) and RJ Hampton (G League), Cole Swider (Two-Way) and Nikola Jovic (G League) are out. For the Cavs, Emoni Bates (G League), Caris LeVert (knee), Donovan Mitchell (hamstring), Isaac Okoro (knee), Ricky Rubio (Not with team) are out.

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PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Duncan Robinson

G Kyle Lowry

C Bam Adebayo

F Haywood Highsmith

F Jimmy Butler

CAVALIERS

F Dean Wade

F Evan Mobley

C Jarrett Allen

G Max Strus

G Darius Garland

QUOTABLE

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on the second unit: “The great thing about that group is they have great intentions. They want to produce for the team and they know how important they are. That group is a major X-factor for us. It just feels different from last year.”

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