Detroit Pistons (38-31, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Miami Heat (29-39, 10th in the Eastern Conference)
Miami; Wednesday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Miami takes on Detroit looking to stop its five-game home slide.
The Heat are 18-24 in conference matchups. Miami is seventh in the league giving up only 110.8 points per game while holding opponents to 46.6% shooting.
The Pistons have gone 25-21 against Eastern Conference opponents. Detroit is 19-11 when it wins the turnover battle and averages 14.6 turnovers per game.
The Heat's 13.6 made 3-pointers per game this season are only 0.1 fewer made shots on average than the 13.7 per game the Pistons give up. The Pistons are shooting 47.6% from the field, 1.0% higher than the 46.6% the Heat's opponents have shot this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Bam Adebayo is scoring 17.4 points per game with 9.9 rebounds and 4.3 assists for the Heat. Tyler Herro is averaging 18.0 points and 4.0 rebounds while shooting 45.9% over the last 10 games.
Tobias Harris is shooting 47.3% and averaging 13.9 points for the Pistons. Malik Beasley is averaging 3.2 made 3-pointers over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Heat: 1-9, averaging 102.1 points, 39.8 rebounds, 25.9 assists, 8.2 steals and 3.9 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 110.6 points per game.
Pistons: 5-5, averaging 119.4 points, 45.1 rebounds, 27.5 assists, 9.3 steals and 6.1 blocks per game while shooting 49.5% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 111.0 points.
INJURIES: Heat: Dru Smith: out for season (achilles), Alec Burks: day to day (back), Nikola Jovic: out (hand), Andrew Wiggins: day to day (leg).
Pistons: Jaden Ivey: out (leg).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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