Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

Wizards at Heat

- — Ira Winderman

When/Where: 7:30 p.m., AmericanAi­rlines Arena. Tickets: Available at heat.com or 800-4NBA-TIX. TV: Fox Sports Sun. 790-AM, 106.3-FM, 710-AM (Spanish).

This is the first game of the four-game season series, with the Wizards also to visit March 10 . ... The game is the first of consecutiv­e games against Washington, with the teams also to meet Friday at Capital One Arena . ... The Heat swept last season’s four-game series and have won five in a row from the Wizards, including the teams’ last three games at AmericanAi­rlines Arena . ... This is the Heat’s first home game since Nov. 1, one of only four home games in November . ... The Heat are coming off a 3-3 trip that ended with Sunday’s 112-103 loss to the Pistons, when they blew an 11-point lead . ... The game comes after a four-game homestand for the Wizards, who enter on a three-game winning streak, after Monday’s 110-92 victory over Sacramento . ... The Wizards in the offseason added Jodie Meeks and Mike Scott, and signed undrafted Florida forward Devin Robinson to a two-way contract . ... Rodney McGruder (leg) and Okaro White (foot) are out for the Heat, with A.J. Hammons, Derrick Walton Jr. and Matt Williams Jr. on G League assignment . ... For the Wizards, former University of Miami guard Sheldon Mac (Achilles) is out, with Robinson and Mike Young on G League assignment.

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