The Miami Heat and Golden State Warriors are matching up on the NBA schedule on Monday night and the game is from Oracle Arena in California starting at 10:30 pm ET. Golden State has not yet lost at home yet this season and now Miami will get the chance to see if it can knock Stephen Curry and the Warriors off.
Miami has been one of the best teams in the east this season and they come in at 22-15 this year, while the Warriors are 35-5 and best in the NBA. The Warriors have been perfect at home and Miami has been one of the strongest teams on the road in the league, having lost just two of their past seven games away. Miami hasn't lost back to back games on the road in a month, but they could be at risk of having that happen on Monday after losing to the Jazz on Saturday.
The team could be a bit tired as they near the end of a road trip and Oracle Arena is probably the worst place in the league to have that happen. Miami still has games against the Warriors, Clippers and Thunder and that means no easy games for the rest of this road trip. The warriors have gone 17-0 this season at home and have won 35 games straight at the arena in the regular season and that is a point of pride for the team and they will push hard to win another game at home.
The Warriors have won the last two meetings with the Heat and now Miami will try and turn that around. Golden State just played three games on the road and won all three against the Lakers, Blazers and Kings and all three of those games did not end up being close contests. The Warriors scored over 100 points in each game and the team has not been held to less than 100 points since losing to the Mavericks.
Curry has been dealing with a bruise on his leg, but it did not look like it gave him any issues against the Kings after he dropped 38 points on the team. Draymond Green has been playing very well and he will be one player to watch along with Hassan Whiteside, who has the size to give the Warriors some trouble in this game. Chris Bosh has played well against the Warriors in the past, scoring 26 points in the two games last season. Miami has actually won eight of the past 11 games against the Warriors, but have lost the last two.
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