Herro, Heat square off against the Nets

Miami Heat (25-24, sixth in the Eastern Conference) vs. Brooklyn Nets (17-34, 12th in the Eastern Conference)

New York; Friday, 7:30 p.m. EST

BOTTOM LINE: Brooklyn takes on Miami in a matchup of Eastern Conference teams.

The Nets have gone 8-23 against Eastern Conference teams. Brooklyn is 13-12 when it has fewer turnovers than its opponents and averages 13.9 turnovers per game.

The Heat are 14-14 against Eastern Conference opponents. Miami is fourth in the league with 34.5 defensive rebounds per game led by Bam Adebayo averaging 7.4.

The Nets score 105.3 points per game, 5.5 fewer points than the 110.8 the Heat allow. The Heat’s 45.8% shooting percentage from the field this season is 2.5 percentage points lower than the Nets have allowed to their opponents (48.3%).

TOP PERFORMERS: D’Angelo Russell is scoring 12.9 points per game and averaging 2.8 rebounds for the Nets. Keon Johnson is averaging 15.6 points and 3.9 rebounds over the last 10 games.

Terry Rozier is scoring 12.3 points per game and averaging 4.2 rebounds for the Heat. Tyler Herro is averaging 20.2 points and 4.7 rebounds over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Nets: 3-7, averaging 98.9 points, 42.1 rebounds, 23.5 assists, 7.5 steals and 5.5 blocks per game while shooting 42.4% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 104.9 points per game.

Heat: 5-5, averaging 111.8 points, 46.4 rebounds, 28.4 assists, 5.1 steals and 3.6 blocks per game while shooting 46.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 116.0 points.

INJURIES: Nets: Cam Thomas: out (hamstring), Bojan Bogdanovic: out (foot), Maxwell Lewis: out (leg), De’Anthony Melton: out for season (acl), Noah Clowney: out (ankle).

Heat: Dru Smith: out for season (achilles).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.