Both the Miami Heat and Minnesota Timberwolves come into tonight’s game at FTX Arena on the second night of a back-to-back. And both teams are coming into the game with playoff positioning at stake as the regular season winds down.
The visiting Timberwolves had won six consecutive games before losing last night to the last-place Orlando Magic, a team that is already eliminated from playoff contention. (The last time these two teams met in November 2021, Minnesota defeated Miami to go on a five-game winning streak, their first such streak since Jimmy Butler played for the T-Wolves.