Final Injury Report For Miami Heat Vs. Los Angeles Clippers Released

On the second night of a back-to-back, the Los Angeles Clippers decided to rest two-time NBA Finals MVP Kawhi Leonard against the Miami Heat.

Clippers coach Ty Lue is also out for tonight’s game with back issues.

Here’s the full injury report:

HEAT

Alec Burks: Out – Back

Terry Rozier: Available – Illness

Nikola Jovic: Out – Hand

Dru Smith: Out – Achilles

Josh Christopher: Out – G League

CLIPPERS:

Kawhi Leonard: Out – Rest

Norman Powell: Out – Hamstring

Ben Simmons: Day-To-Day – Knee (Didn’t travel with team)

Drew Eubanks: Day-To-Day – Hip

Tyronn Lue: Out – Back

The Los Angeles Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard shoots over the Miami Heat’s Jaime Jaquez Jr. during their game in Los Angeles on January 13th. / John Panganiban – The Sporting Tribune

Game time: 8 p.m., Kaseya Center, Miami

TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Betting line: Heat -2.5, FanDuel

VITALS: The Heat and Clippers meet for the second of two regular season matchups. The Clippers won the previous contest on Jan. 13, 109-98. The Clippers won eight of the last 11 games against the Heat, dating back to 2020. The Heat are 39-33 all-time versus the Clippers during the regular season, including a 21-14 record at home, and 18-19 in road games. Duncan Robinson has currently scored in double-figures off the bench in a career-long eight-straight games, including two
20-point games, surpassing his previous best of four consecutive. His eight-game streak is the longest by a HEAT reserve this season and is the fourth-longest overall double-figure scoring streak of his career. Tyler Herro has scored in double figures in a career-high 91-straight games dating back to last season, including both the regular season and postseason, the sixth-longest streak in franchise history.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Tyler Herro

G Davion Mitchell

C Kel’el Ware

F Andrew Wiggins

F Bam Adebayo

CLIPPERS

F Nicolas Batum

F Kawhi Leonard

C Ivica Zubac

G James Harden

G Kris Dunn

QUOTABLE

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, speaking after Tuesday’s practice: “Some of these games, you just can’t even explain. We’ll get to work and try to fix the things that are obvious and there are things that are just happening.”