Injuries have been one of the Miami Heat’s issues throughout the season. But injuries are probably the Heat’s biggest issue in the final weeks of the regular season as it fights to avoid the NBA’s play-in tournament.
The Heat entered Monday night’s 98-91 loss without a chunk of its usual rotation, as Jimmy Butler (right foot contusion), Nikola Jovic (strained right hamstring), Tyler Herro (right foot medial tendintis), Kevin Love (right heel bruise) and Josh Richardson (right shoulder surgery) all missed the game.
Now, Duncan Robinson has left the Heat to return to Miami to see a back specialist after exiting Monday’s game early with back discomfort. Robinson is out for Wednesday’s matchup against the Cavaliers in Cleveland (7 p.m., Bally Sports Sun) — the Heat’s final stop on its four-game trip — and potentially longer.
Meanwhile, Butler and Jovic are questionable for Wednesday’s game against the Cavaliers. Herro, Love and Richardson remain out.
The Heat also has Bam Adebayo playing through a lower back contusion and Caleb Martin playing through a sprained left thumb.