What’s left for Erik Spoelstra<\/a> as the Giannis era opens<\/p>\n Giannis Antetokounmpo confident in the Miami Heat’s<\/a> process<\/p>\n PROJECTED STARTERSHEAT<\/p>\n G Davion Mitchell<\/p>\n G Klay Thompson<\/p>\n C Bam Adebayo<\/p>\n F Andrew Wiggins<\/p>\n F Giannis Antetokounmpo<\/p>\n PELICANS<\/p>\n G Dejounte Murray<\/p>\n G Herbert Jones<\/p>\n C Yves Missi<\/p>\n F Trey Murphy III<\/p>\n F Zion Williamson<\/p>\n INJURY REPORTHEAT<\/p>\n Andrew Wiggins: Available – Illness<\/p>\n Pelle Larsson: Out – Illness<\/p>\n Dru Smith: Out – Calf<\/p>\n Keshad Johnson: Out – Hamstring (Two-Way)<\/p>\n Tre Donaldson: Active – (Two-Way)<\/p>\n Vlad Goldin: Active – (Two-Way)<\/p>\n PELICANS<\/p>\n Dejounte Murray: Out <\/p>\n Julian Reese: Active – (Two-Way)<\/p>\n Malik Dia: Active – (Two-Way)<\/p>\n Jaron Pierre Jr.: Active – (Two-Way)<\/p>\n Spread: Heat -7.5 (-110), Pelicans +7.5 (+110)<\/p>\n Moneyline: Heat -280, Pelicans +220 <\/p>\n Total points scored: 234.5 (over -110, under -110)<\/p>\n Game odds refresh periodically and are subject to change. QUOTABLE<\/p>\n Miami Heat power forward Giannis Antetokounmpo on Klay Thompson’s shooting gravity: “It’s just weird. Usually I always have guys on me, guys that build a wall, but they wasn’t leaving Klay. I think there was maybe one or two plays that he was wide open, one of them I missed him. But he wasn’t open, like his guy was glued to him.”<\/p>\n “If you know that you have a guy like that who is probably, if not the best, second greatest shooter of all time on the court with you, I think it makes the game a lot easier for you. When he’s open you got to deliver the ball, when he’s not open you play four against four, you got more spacing, then you can make plays for yourself or your teammates.”<\/p>\n For more Miami Heat information and conversation, check out\u00a0Off The Floor.<\/a>Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI and producer\/co-host of the\u00a0Five on the Floor podcast<\/a>, covering the Heat and NBA. He can be reached at\u00a0Twitter: @tropicalblanket
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