{"id":510738,"date":"2026-01-12T11:45:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/510738\/"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:45:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:45:11","slug":"phoenix-faces-miami-on-3-game-win-streak-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/510738\/","title":{"rendered":"Phoenix faces Miami on 3-game win streak"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/phoenix-suns-team\" class=\"entity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Phoenix Suns<\/a> (24-15, sixth in the Western Conference) vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/miami-heat-team\" class=\"entity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Miami Heat<\/a> (20-19, eighth in the Eastern Conference)<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Miami; Tuesday, 7:30 p.m. EST<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">BOTTOM LINE: Phoenix will attempt to prolong its three-game win streak with a victory over Miami.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">The Heat have gone 13-6 in home games. Miami is third in the Eastern Conference scoring 119.4 points while shooting 46.9% from the field.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">The Suns are 10-10 on the road. Phoenix ranks fifth in the Western Conference with 15.2 fast break points per game led by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/devin-booker-player\" class=\"entity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Devin Booker<\/a> averaging 3.4.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">The Heat are shooting 46.9% from the field this season, 0.2 percentage points higher than the 46.7% the Suns allow to opponents. The Suns are shooting 46.3% from the field, 0.3% higher than the 46.0% the Heat&#8217;s opponents have shot this season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">TOP PERFORMERS: Jaime Jaquez Jr. is scoring 15.9 points per game and averaging 5.2 rebounds for the Heat. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/andrew-wiggins-player\" class=\"entity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Andrew Wiggins<\/a> is averaging 16.2 points and 4.9 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxsports.com\/nba\/dillon-brooks-player\" class=\"entity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dillon Brooks<\/a> is scoring 21.2 points per game and averaging 3.3 rebounds for the Suns. Booker is averaging 24.9 points and 3.5 rebounds over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">LAST 10 GAMES: Heat: 5-5, averaging 116.9 points, 45.4 rebounds, 28.2 assists, 11.1 steals and 4.0 blocks per game while shooting 45.8% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 117.4 points per game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Suns: 8-2, averaging 114.1 points, 48.0 rebounds, 25.3 assists, 8.7 steals and 4.1 blocks per game while shooting 44.9% from the field. Their opponents have averaged 105.7 points.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">INJURIES: Heat: Norman Powell: out (back).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">Suns: Jamaree Bouyea: out (concussion protocol), Jalen Green: out (hamstring).<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">___<\/p>\n<p class=\"ff-h fs-16 lh-1pt6 mg-b-15 article-content\" use-external-image=\"true\" data-v-746446fd=\"\">The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Phoenix Suns (24-15, sixth in the Western Conference) vs. Miami Heat (20-19, eighth in the Eastern Conference) Miami;&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":50800,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[5229,5643,1587,1589,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-510738","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-arizona","10":"tag-az","11":"tag-phoenix","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-united-states-of-america","14":"tag-unitedstates","15":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","16":"tag-us","17":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115881962630778533","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510738","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=510738"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/510738\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=510738"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=510738"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=510738"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}