Indiana @ Miami preview

Last Meeting ( Nov 16, 2018 ) Miami 91, Indiana 99

The Indiana Pacers will try for a fifth time to pick up their first win since losing All-Star guard Victor Oladipo for the season when they visit the Miami Heat on Saturday. A 107-100 loss at Orlando on Thursday left the Pacers 0-4 since Oladipo suffered his knee injury in a win over Toronto, and the slide has seen them sink into fifth place in the Eastern Conference.

"I thought we played harder than in the previous games," point guard Darren Collison told reporters Thursday. "I thought we got back to ourselves tonight and we made up for missing some open shots. But we still had some inexcusable mental lapses down the stretch, including me. We have to figure out a way to get out of this slump." Miami may present a soft landing spot as it fell to 11-15 at home with a 118-102 loss to Oklahoma City on Friday. Kelly Olynyk scored 21 points off the bench in defeat for the Heat, who play their next five on the road starting Tuesday in Portland. Miami has dropped three in a row at home, all by at least 12 points.

TV: 7:30 p.m. ET, FS Indiana, FS Sun (Miami)

ABOUT THE PACERS (32-19): The loss of Oladipo certainly stung but the additional injury to Tyreke Evans (back) -- Oladipo's replacement in the starting lineup -- has given the team a double whammy that has it scrambling for production while navigating a four-game road trip. "You're talking about something you have developed over the course of a year and a half and all of a sudden, that piece is missing," coach Nate McMillan told reporters of the injuries. "We're not panicking, even though it seems like everybody else is." Evans is questionable for Saturday, as is fellow guard Cory Joseph (groin), who made his first start of the season in Thursday's loss.

ABOUT THE HEAT (24-26): Prior to Friday's loss the league announced that Miami guard Dwyane Wade and Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki would be special additions to the All-Star Game rosters as they play the final seasons of their Hall of Fame careers. Wade followed up the announcement with just seven points on 2-of-8 shooting in the loss to the Thunder, but the 37-year-old led the Heat with six assists. "For the commissioner to create that opportunity for Dirk and myself, it's cool, and I think I appreciate it more getting in this way," Wade told reporters after stressing he never would've wanted to take an actual spot from someone else.

BUZZER BEATERS

1. Joseph scored 26 points on 11-of-15 shooting over the first two meetings, both wins for the Pacers.

2. Olynyk is 15-for-21 from the floor over his last three games.

3. Collison averages 5.8 assists but has at least eight in five of his last six games.

PREDICTION: Pacers 101, Heat 99