When/Where: 8 p.m., AmericanAirlines Arena.
Tickets: Available at Heat.com or 1-800-4NBA-TIX.
TV: Fox Sports Sun. Radio: 790-AM, 106.3-FM, 710-AM (Spanish), 1140-AM (Spanish), 760-AM (Spanish).
Scouting report: This is the first game of the three-game season series, with the Heat to visit Indiana only once. The teams also meet Feb. 2 at AmericanAirlines Arena . . . The teams split a four-game series last season, each splitting a pair of games on their home court . . . The Heat have won six of the last seven meetings at AmericanAirlines Arena . . . The game is the second on a four-game homestand for the Heat and the night they will debut their "Vice Night" uniforms . . . The Heat enter on a two-game winning streak, after losing their previous three . . . The game opens a two-game trip for the Pacers, who enter on four-game road winning streak, a run that began with a victory in San Antonio, but are coming off Wednesday's 100-94 home loss to the 76ers . . . The Pacers in the offseason added Tyreke Evans, Doug McDermott and Kyle O'Quinn, recently signing former University of Miami player Davon Reed to a two-way contract . . . Dion Waiters (ankle) and James Johnson (hernia) are out for the Heat, with Goran Dragic (knee) and Derrick Jones Jr. (knee) questionable and Yante Maten on G League assignment . . . For the Pacers, Alize Johnson (illness) is questionable, with Ike Anigbogu, Reed and Edmond Sumner on G League assignment.
-- Ira Winderman
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