Utah @ Miami preview

Last Meeting ( Nov 10, 2017 ) Miami 84, Utah 74

The Miami Heat matched their longest winning streak of the season by beating the New York Knicks in overtime for their third consecutive triumph on Friday. The Heat will try to keep rolling on Sunday, when they host the slumping Utah Jazz.

Miami hoisted a franchise-record 42 3-point attempts in Friday's win -- making 12 -- and are opening up the offense while averaging 111.7 points over the last three contests. "What has this organization come to? I'm sure I'm going to have to go upstairs and meet with (team president) Pat (Riley) and talk about getting the ball in the post or something," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra joked with reporters. "No, look, we're not going to be a team that averages 40, but those shots presented themselves tonight. And I thought they were good looks." The Jazz are allowing a lot of teams open looks of late and are losers of 12 of their last 15 games. "There's stretches ... where we're not as connected, not as determined as we need to be," Utah coach Quin Snyder told reporters. "There's a level of mental toughness that you need when a team's on a run to stop the run."

TV: 3:30 p.m. ET, AT&T SportsNet Rocky Mountain (Utah), FS Sun (Miami)

ABOUT THE JAZZ (16-23): Utah opened a four-game road trip with a 99-91 loss at Denver on Friday and let the defense fall apart during a third quarter in which it was outscored 38-16. The Jazz, who dropped to 3-16 on the road with the loss, are still missing defensive anchor Rudy Gobert (knee) but also struggled to defend the perimeter while allowing the Nuggets to knock down 14 3-pointers in the setback. The bright spot continues to be rookie guard Donovan Mitchell, who matched a team high with 15 points on Friday and is averaging 22.6 points since the beginning of December.

ABOUT THE HEAT (21-17): Shooting guard Wayne Ellington hoisted up a franchise-record 16 3-point attempts - making six - on Friday and finished with a team-high 24 points. "It was a crazy game, but it was a game for competitors only," Ellington told reporters. "When I looked at the sheet after the game and saw 16 attempts from out there I was like 'Wow!' I mean I didn't realize it. I was just in the flow of the game." Ellington is shooting 41.5 percent from beyond the arc on the season and knocked down at least three from beyond the arc in six of the last seven games.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Jazz PF Derrick Favors is 26-of-42 from the floor over the last four contests.

2. Heat SG Dion Waiters (ankle) sat out the last six games and is not expected to return this weekend.

3. Miami earned an 84-74 win at Utah on Nov. 10 behind 21 points from Waiters.

PREDICTION: Heat 106, Jazz 98