Sun Sentinel Palm Beach Edition

Jazz at Heat

- — Ira Winderman

When/Where: 3:30 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) Scouting report: This is the second game of the two-game season series. … The Heat won the first meeting 84-74 Nov. 10 in Salt Lake City, behind late shots from Dion Waiters and a defense that held Utah to eight third-quarter points and 25 in the second half. … The Heat are seeking their first season sweep of the Jazz since 2008-09, having split the two the games with Utah each of the previous five seasons. … The Jazz have won two of the past three meetings at AmericanAi­rlines Arena. … The game concludes a three-game homestand for the Heat, with seven of their next eight on the road. … The Heat enter on a three-game winning streak and are yet to win four in a row this season. They are coming off Friday’s 107-103 victory over the Knicks. … The game is the second on a four-game trip for the Jazz, who are coming off Friday’s 99-91 loss to Denver, when no Utah player scored more than 15 points. … The Jazz have lost five of their past six. … The Jazz recently signed Heat camp prospect Erik McCree to a two-way contract, after he had been playing for the Heat’s G League affiliate. He is now playing for the Jazz’s affiliate. … Derrick Walton Jr. (illness) is questionab­le for the Heat, with Justise Winslow (knee) doubtful, Dion Waiters (ankle), Rodney McGruder (leg) and Okaro White (foot) out, and A.J. Hammons on G League assignment. … For the Jazz, Rudy Gobert (knee), Dante Exum (shoulder) and Raul Neto (knee) are out, with Erik McCree and Tony Bradley on G League assignment.

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