Miami is the fourth-highest scoring team in the NBA and plays at the fastest pace. That is going to be problematic for the Suns, who play at the ninth-slowest tempo in the league and won't have their leading scorer and star player, Devin Booker. He is out with an ankle injury. Booker averages 25.4 points a game. Dillon Brooks is the only other Phoenix player averaging more than 17 points a game. The Heat rolled past the Jazz, 147-116, last night. But the fatigue factor for Miami is very much lessened because of the blowout. Only Bam Adebayo logged more than 28 minutes in the win and 11 Heat players saw action. Phoenix is not in an ideal situation. This is the Suns' first home game in two weeks. They just returned from a six-game road swing that concluded with a 110-103 loss to the Hawks this past Friday. Atlanta ranks 25th defensively giving up an average of 118.7 points a game. Yet the Hawks held the Suns 15 points below their season defensive average. Booker played nearly 29 minutes in that game, too, scoring 31 points before getting injured. Take the Heat.
