End of a four-game trip through the Eastern Conference for OKC (1-2 on it) and ahead of a home game Thursday. Perhaps the Thunder fellas enjoyed South Beach on Tuesday night. Certainly no reason to doubt the Heat can stay within 4 at home even without Jimmy Butler and Kyle Lowry. Defensive stud Bam Adebayo could largely neutralize string bean Chet Holmgren in the paint. The Thunder are 2-5 ATS in their past seven away. Miami is 6-3 ATS in its past nine.

By now, the absence of Jimmy Butler (who has featured just once in the past weeks) is not a big problem for the Heat, who have posted several wins minus him since mid-December, including recently vs. the Sixers, Warriors, Lakers, and Rockets, The emergence of UCLA rookie Jaime Jaquez, Jr (14 ppg) as a viable scoring force has mitigated the impact of Butler's injuries, while Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo are more than capable of carrying their load of the Miami offensive burden on any given night. Meanwhile, a bumpy road trip thus far for OKC, which has failed to cover its first three on this swing. Play Heat