Kevin Durant and Dion Waiters were teammates with the Thunder, and Durant continues to believe in the shooting guard's ability.

“I got a mansion,” Durant said. “I own some property on ‘Waiters Island.’ It’s just me and him that live there. He knows where it is. We both know.”

Waiters missed Miami's earlier game against the Warriors.

“It’s gonna be fun. He’s playing great basketball, and I’m so proud of him. I know it’s going to be a fun matchup between him and I," said Durant. "I don’t wanna call him my little brother, but he’s my brother of a younger age. I learned a lot from him. He learned a lot from me. It was a great, great relationship that we had and it’s gonna be a fun matchup.”