Injury Update: Miami Heat’s Bam Adebayo Out Tonight Against Indiana Pacers
Miami Heat center Bam Adebayo will not play tonight against the Indiana Pacers.
He is ruled out because of a hip bruise.
Here’s the game preview:
Game time: 8 p.m., ET
Where: Kaseya Center
TV: Bally Sports Sun
Betting line: Heat -2.5
VITALS: The Heat and Pacers meet for the second of three matchups this season and the second of consecutive games after Miami recently recorded a, 142-132, win on Thursday. Last season, the teams split the series, 2-2. The Heat are 56-72 all-time versus Indiana during the regular season, including 42-23 in home games and 14-49 in road games. For the Heat, Duncan Robinson (thumb) are probable, Jimmy Butler (ankle) and Haywood Highsmith (back) are questionable and Bam Adebayo (hip), Tyler Herro (ankle) and RJ Hampton (G League), Dru Smith (knee) are out. For the Pacers, Jalen Smith (knee) is out and Kendall Brown (G League), Isaiah Jackson (upper respiratory),T.J. McConnell (hamstring), Isaiah Wong (G League) and Oscar Tshiebwe (G League) are questionable
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Duncan Robinson
G Kyle Lowry
C Kevin Love
F Josh Richardson
F Kevin Love
PACERS
F Buddy Hield
F Obi Toppin
C Myles Turner
G Bruce Brown
G Tyrese Haliburton
QUOTABLE
Heat center Bam Adebayo on the In-Season Tournament: “The In-Season Tournament does give the fans something to get riled up about. And obviously, we’re playing an opponent that we’ve seen before in the playoffs. It was one of those games that was already intense and the In-Season Tournament just added to it.”
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Shandel Richardson covers the Miami Heat for Inside The Heat, a Fan Nation channel for Sports Illustrated. He has covered the NBA since 2010.
