MIAMI — Tyler Herro will miss not less than two weeks with a sprained proper ankle, that means the Miami Heat are going to be with out their main scorer this season for not less than the following seven video games and almost definitely even longer.
Herro obtained harm in Miami‘s win at Memphis on Wednesday night. He returned to Miami on Thursday, was examined by team orthopedic surgeon Dr. Harlan Selesnick, and the diagnosis of a Grade 2 sprain followed soon afterward.
Herro – Miami‘s leading scorer at what would be a career-best 22.9 points per game through the season’s first eight contests – can be in a strolling boot for 10 days, re-evaluated in two weeks and a return-to-play timetable isn’t more likely to be finalized till then.
“Right when it happened, I felt it and I kind of knew mentally,” Herro stated after Wednesday’s recreation. “I heard some crunches and cracks in my ankle and I’m like ‘Yeah, that’ll be it.’ So, I actually told the bench ‘I’m done.’”
It’s the second time in 2023 that Herro will miss important time after merely attempting to make a routine basketball play.
The ankle sprain got here on a play Wednesday the place he tried a floater within the lane – one in every of his go-to photographs – and landed on the foot of Memphis’ Jaren Jackson Jr. And again in April, Herro dove for a free ball late within the first half of Game 1 of Miami‘s first-round playoff series at Milwaukee, breaking his hand on that play.
The broken hand kept Herro out for the remainder of Miami‘s run to last season’s NBA Finals. This time, it’ll be not less than seven video games; if Herro‘s ankle needs three weeks to heal, it’ll be a 10-game absence.
“We’ll get him back when we get him back,” Heat captain Bam Adebayo stated. “Biggest thing for him is getting healthy and being able to stay at that high level he’s been at.”
Herro was averaging 25.3 factors coming into Wednesday, his common dipping after scoring six factors in eight minutes towards the Grizzlies.
Miami performs seven of its subsequent eight video games on the highway, beginning with a contest at Atlanta on Saturday.
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