TV: Sun Sports. Radio: 790-AM, 760-AM, 1140-AM (Spanish).
Of note: This is the first game of the four-game season series. The teams have split the four-game season series in each of the past two seasons, after the Heat had lost 12 of the previous 13 meetings . . . This completes the Heat’s eighth back-to-back set of the season, with a 4-3 record on the second nights of such pairings . . . This starts a six-game trip that runs through a week from Friday . . . The Magic had won three in a row before Monday’s 107-102 overtime loss to the Clippers . . . Orlando enters 8-5 at home . . . The Magic lead the league in 3-pointers attempted and made for the second consecutive season . . . Neither team reports any injuries.
– Ira Winderman
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