The defending NBA champion Miami Heat (8-3) will look to extend their best home start in franchise history Wednesday night when they face the Milwaukee Bucks at 7:30 pm ET.

At home the shot 53.2 percent from the field and have outscored opponents by an average of 17.7 points in opening 4-0.  The Heat also ranks 11th in scoring defense at 99.1 points allowed per game.

Meanwhile, Milwaukee has yielded 84.0 points per game during its 4-1 stretch at Miami, taking the last two there while outscoring the Heat by an average of 16.0 points in the paint. Dwayne Wade, though, missed both those contests.

The Bucks opened 3-0 on the road before falling 102-98 at Charlotte on Monday. Monta Ellis scored 31 points but Brandon Jennings had 10 on 5-of-18 shooting for Milwaukee, which led by 11 with 6:51 to play before coming undone.

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