Jazz Head to South Beach to Take on the Heat

It’s unclear why his son is in the hospital, but team officials said he is expected to be fine. Also averaging 15.3 points and 11.4 rebounds, Whiteside accounted for three of the Heat’s seven blocks in Tuesday’s 101-88 home win against the Los Angeles Lakers. Utah has been known for its smothering defense since last season’s All-Star break, but the Jazz could be without one of their defensive stars.

Gobert suffered a sprained ankle midway through the fourth quarter against the Cavs. Wade is on the inactive list with Gerald Green, who is serving a two-game suspension for “detrimental conduct”.

The 4-3 Jazz and 5-3 Heat have both started the same five players in each game this year.

The Heat take on the Utah Jazz at 7:30 p.m.at the American Airlines Arena.

ABOUT THE JAZZ (4-3): Tuesday’s loss marked only the second time this season that Utah allowed an opponent to score more than 92 points, but the team was still pleased with its effort on the other end of the floor.

The Jazz are sitting at 4-3 after Tuesday’s 118-114 loss in Cleveland.

“This showed us we could play with anybody”, said Gordon Hayward, who scored 17 and leads the club with 15.7 points per game.