Breaking: Several Miami Heat Players to Miss Hornets Game Due to…
The Miami Heat (0-1) are facing off against the Charlotte Hornets (1-1) on Saturday evening at the Spectrum Center.
A healthy LaMelo Ball is tearing through teams to start the regular season, recording more than 32 points in each of the Hornets’ first two matchups. Meanwhile, the Heat were embarrassed in their debut by their Florida counterpart, the Orlando Magic.
In just the second game, the Heat are already missing some key faces for different reasons.
Here’s the full injury report for Saturday evening:
HEAT
Josh Christopher: Available – Right Big Toe Contusion
Kevin Love: Out – Personal Reasons
Kel’el Ware: Out – Stomach Illness
Josh Richardson: Questionable – Left Heel Enthesopathy
HORNETS
DaQuan Jeffries: Out – Hand
Brandon Miller: Out – Glute
Mark Williams: Out – Foot
Tidjane Salaun: Questionable – Finger
Heat All-Star center Bam Adebayo, who is ready to go against Charlotte, shared his thoughts on the loss to the Magic.
“We played bad. It’s not really anything to that. I mean, that’s, that’s as simple as I can make it. It’s embarrassing, especially on a night like this for the Godfather Riley,” Adebayo said. “For us, it’s short term memory, I know it’s the beginning of the season, but we don’t want to create this as like a ‘getting used to’ thing. For us, it’s win or misery.”
