Heat face 76ers while hoping to avoid play-in berth

After being one win away from the NBA Finals last season, the Miami Heat currently find themselves in a battle for a guaranteed playoff spot.

Miami currently sits in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, a position that would force the Heat to play at least one game in the play-in tournament to secure a spot in the official first round of the postseason.

But Miami still has time to evade the play-in, and it could hel