Sun Sentinel Broward Edition

Bucks at Heat

- — Ira Winderman

When/Where: 8 p.m., AmericanAi­rlines Arena Tickets: Available at HEAT.com or 800-4NBA-TIX TV: Fox Sports Sun. Radio: 790-AM, 106.3-FM, 710-AM (Spanish), 1140-AM (Spanish)

Scouting report: This is the third and final game of the three-game season series . ... The Heat won the season’s first meeting 97-79 Jan. 14 at AmericanAi­rlines Arena, outscoring the Bucks 56-36 in the second half . ... The Heat then won 106-101 three days later at BMO Harris Bradley Center, behind 27 points and 14 rebounds from center Hassan Whiteside . ... The Heat have won five of the past six meetings, after losing six of the previous seven . ... The Heat have won the last three meetings at AmericanAi­rlines Arena . ... This is the third game of a three-game homestand, to be followed by a three-day break and then a pair of road games before the All-Star break . ... The Heat enter on a season-worst, five-game losing streak . ... The Bucks have been idle since Tuesday’s 103-89 victory against the Knicks, with this opening a back-to-back set for them that concludes Saturday in Orlando . ... The Bucks enter on a three-game winning streak, with victories in seven of their past eight . ... Kelly Olynyk (shoulder) and Wayne Ellington (shoulder) are questionab­le for the Heat, with Dion Waiters (ankle) and Rodney McGruder (leg) out, and Derrick Walton Jr. on G League assignment . ... For the Bucks, Malcolm Brogdon (quad), Matthew Dellavedov­a (ankle) and Mirza Teletovic (blood clots) are out, with D.J. Wilson on G League assignment.

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