Overview
- Kel’el Ware returned to Miami for concentrated treatment on a right hamstring strain and will miss games at Utah and Phoenix to close the trip.
- Erik Spoelstra said the team is optimistic the issue is not long term, though no specific return timeline was provided.
- These are Ware’s first missed games of the season, and the 7-footer leads Miami in rebounds per game.
- Nikola Jovic has been pressed into center minutes with uneven results, leaving Bam Adebayo to shoulder most of the frontcourt load.
- The Heat are managing additional absences, with Davion Mitchell dealing with a left shoulder contusion and Tyler Herro out with a rib injury as the team hovers around 23-22.