PREVIEW: Heat look to snap back-to-back wins amid Jimmy Butler’s expected return

After the viral Miami Heat/Houston Rockets brawl Sunday night, the team was given two days off to travel back to a three-game homestand in South Florida. Miami opens the first matchup tonight, against the struggling 5-28 New Orleans Pelicans. The Pelicans sit dead last in the entire association, with the NBA’s worst record and losing ten games in a row. They have been dealing with the injury bug all season and will be without their two best players in Zion Williamson and Brandon Ingram tonight. They are coming off a 116-113 loss to LA…

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