SCOUTING THE HEAT

The game will start a seven-game Miami road trip, the Heat’s longest since 2009. … The Heat have sported the NBA’s topranked defense in their three-game winning streak. …Miami ranks 29th in the NBA in points in the paint and second-chance points but also allows the fewest points in the paint. … Center Bam Adebayo is making 57.3 percent of his shots while averaging more points (20.1,) rebounds (9.1) and assists (5.0) than any of the 10 players making a higher percent of their shots. … Guard Jimmy Butler has posted at least nine assists in each of his past four games. Butler has averaged 21.8 points, 8.3 assists and 8.3 rebounds in the six games since returning after missing 10 because of the NBA’s health and safety protocols. The Heat are 4-2 since he reentered the lineup. … Guard Kendrick Nunn, the league rookie of year runner-up last season, has averaged17.3 points per game on 57.1 percent shooting the past three games after not playing at all in the previous three outings. Nunn started the past two games with Goran Dragic out. … Guard Tyler Herro has averaged 16 points on 44.4 percent 3-point shooting in the three games since moving to a sixth-man role.