Heat podcast: Tip-Off, two hours before every game

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Wed, Oct 21 · Heat Tip-Off · 5:27

Bam Cleared, DiVincenzo Out: the Opener Against Minnesota Is Here

Bam Adebayo is off the injury report, and the Heat open 2026-27 at home against a Timberwolves team playing without Donte DiVincenzo. Davion Mitchell's matchup with LaMelo Ball, Vladislav Goldin's ankle, Simone Fontecchio's efficiency starting from zero and a report that Nick Richards' salary is now guaranteed.

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Heat Tip-Off is the pregame show, 5 minutes, and it exists only on the nights the Heat play: the one thing that decides tonight, the opponent and the matchup that settles it, the injury report and who plays, the number of the day, the last game as the reason tonight looks the way it does, when it tips off and where to watch it, and one report from the insiders, always attributed. There is no show on the days without a game: nothing would have happened worth five minutes of your time.

Two voices carry it: the host runs the show, the analyst brings the numbers. They are roles of the Heat Nightly desk, not people, and they never say a figure that is not on this site. Every episode has a full transcript with timestamps you can click to jump the audio, chapter markers, and the pages behind each number, so a claim in the show can always be checked on the page it comes from.

The episode is published two hours before tip-off, preseason included — after the league posts its official injury report, which is what makes the lineup talk worth anything. Subscribe with the RSS feed above in any podcast app; it is on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music and YouTube too (the buttons at the top), and short vertical clips go out on the Heat Nightly social accounts. The archive on this page keeps every episode of the season, newest first.

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21OctTip-Off · 5:27Bam Cleared, DiVincenzo Out: the Opener Against Minnesota Is HereBam Adebayo is off the injury report, and the Heat open 2026-27 at home against a Timberwolves team playing without Donte DiVincenzo. Davion Mitchell's matchup with LaMelo Ball, Vladislav Goldin's ankle, Simone Fontecchio's efficiency starting from zero and a report that Nick Richards' salary is now guaranteed.10OctTip-Off · 5:03Larsson's Return and a Road-Weary Wolves Team, Two Hours From TipPelle Larsson is listed to return tonight after missing a game with illness, and a road-weary Timberwolves team arrives on its third straight road night without Donte DiVincenzo. Marcus checks back on Simone Fontecchio's 70.8% true shooting over his last 10 games, the number that hasn't moved since two nights ago.8OctTip-Off · 4:38Wiggins and Larsson Are Game-Time Calls as Tired Pelicans Come InAndrew Wiggins and Pelle Larsson are both day-to-day with illness two hours before tip-off, leaving Miami's rotation in question against a Pelicans team playing its second straight road night on one day of rest. Marcus checks in on Simone Fontecchio's 70.8% true shooting over his last 10 games, the number they flagged five nights ago in Toronto.3OctTip-Off · 5:02Heat Open Preseason in Toronto With Six Raptors Out, Fontecchio Heating UpThe Heat open their preseason slate in Toronto missing Keshad Johnson and Dru Smith, while six Raptors sit out banged up. Marcus cools the hype on Simone Fontecchio's hot shooting as camp's late roster churn gets its first audition.