Charlotte plays Miami on 4-game road slide

Charlotte Hornets (3-9, 15th in the Eastern Conference) vs. Miami Heat (4-7, 12th in the Eastern Conference)

Miami; Thursday, 7:30 p.m. EST

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK NBA LINE: Heat -10.5; over/under is 217

BOTTOM LINE: Charlotte travels to Miami looking to end its four-game road slide.

Miami finished 53-29 overall and 35-17 in Eastern Conference play last season. The Heat averaged 7.4 steals, 3.2 blocks and 13.8 turnovers per game last season.

Charlotte finished 8-8 in Southeast Division games and 21-20 on the road a season ago. The Hornets averaged 8.6 steals, 4.9 blocks and 12.7 turnovers per game last season.

INJURIES: Heat: Udonis Haslem: day to day (personal), Victor Oladipo: out (knee), Tyler Herro: day to day (ankle), Omer Yurtseven: day to day (knee).

Hornets: LaMelo Ball: out (ankle), Gordon Hayward: out (shoulder), Cody Martin: day to day (quad).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.