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Providing the final update to the injury report for Thursday's game between the Miami Heat and Los Angeles Lakers. Also includes: injury report, projected starters, betting lines, game notes and information,

Who's in and who's out for Thursday night's Heat-Lakers game at Kaseya Center?

For some, the pressure might have arrived when Erik Spoelstra, in the void of center-sized centers, summoned Keshad Johnson from the bench early in Tuesday night’s road loss to the Charlotte Hornets.

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Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 136-106 blowout loss to the Charlotte Hornets (35-34) on Tuesday night at Spectrum Center to drop its second straight game. The Heat (38-31)

Circumstantial? Such a case certainly could be made, considering the NBA is more than a two-man game. And yet, also untenable realities when it comes to the Miami Heat’s pairing of Tyler Herro and Norman Powell.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — LaMelo Ball had 30 points and 13 assists, and the Charlotte Hornets pulled away in a huge fourth quarter to beat the short-handed Miami Heat 136-106 on Tuesday night. Coby White scored 24 points off the bench and rookie Kon Knueppel added 22 as Charlotte (35-34) won for the ninth time in 12 games.