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As the Miami Heat battle injuries ahead of Tuesday’s game against the Brooklyn Nets, one player whose status is up in the air is point guard Davion Mitchell. Following the Heat’s win over the Houston Rockets, Mitchell’s injury is worth monitoring as the team looks to add more wins in the home stretch of the season, as he talked about his latest injury.

Mitchell is listed as “questionable” for Tuesday’s game against Brooklyn as he is dealing with a left shoulder injury that fans may be familiar with. The 27-year-old, who previously missed eight games in January with a left shoulder problem, suffered a hard screen during Saturday’s game-opening win over the Rockets, although he finished the contest.

He will practice partially on Monday, saying the current shoulder problem is not as severe as the one that caused him to miss time in January.

According to The Miami Herald, Mitchell said, “It’s not that bad.” “Definitely a little bit of the same pain. But definitely not as bad.”

The Heat’s Davion Mitchell is potentially changing a certain aspect

In Saturday’s win over Houston, Mitchell would record 10 points and five assists, as he has been a mainstay in Miami’s starting lineup when healthy, averaging 8.9 points and 6.9 assists per game. In addition to his point-guard abilities, he is also one of the team’s better defenders, although he was asked if he would limit himself to passing screens due to shoulder injuries.

“I try to play the same way,” Mitchell said. “I don’t try to change anything, I mean, honestly, he caught me. I’ve been looking at a screen for a minute since that injury, and it hasn’t really bothered me. This time, he caught me.”

It remains to be seen whether Mitchell will play, as he said, “We’ll see” when asked the question after Monday’s practice. At any rate, Miami will be looking for a win as Tuesday’s home matchup against the Nets will be crucial for the team with a 32-29 record, which will keep them in eighth place in the East.

The Miami Heat defeated the Memphis Grizzlies 136-120 in their performance on Saturday night, as the team looks to continue their three-game winning streak heading into Tuesday’s matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. As the Heat look to avoid the play-in tournament and climb the Eastern Conference standings, the team gets important injury updates for Tuesday.

Miami practiced on Monday before the trip, with all but Davion Mitchell and Nikola Jovic practicing, as both missed Saturday’s aforementioned win over the Grizzlies. According to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald, Mitchell is dealing with an illness as Jovic suffered a lower back injury, the severity of which he will see a doctor to check.

“It remains to be seen if he will travel with the team to Milwaukee today for tomorrow’s game vs. the Bucks. Jovic went to see a doctor for his back today,” Chiang, formerly of the X, wrote on Twitter.

Mitchell has been a mainstay in the Heat’s starting lineup as the primary point guard, while Jovic has typically come off the bench but has struggled for most of the year. The news of Miami’s recovery following the return of star Tyler Herro is stinging, as Norman Powell reiterated after Saturday’s win that the team is “starting to buy into the collective effort.”

“I think obviously we finally got healthy, we didn’t have [Mitchell] Tonight, but I think this is the healthiest we’ve been all year, and we just want to keep that chemistry and do all the little things to help us get out of these games and not have any slipups and continue to focus on our goal of getting out of the play-ins. [tournament]Powell continued.

Norman Powell was asked about the Heat winning three consecutive games for the first time, and while he joked about it being a shot (laughs), he explained how the team is “starting to buy into the collective effort” and the goal of getting out of the play-in tournament: #HeatNation pic.twitter.com/5WOEXWbFUw

– Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) 22 February 2026

In any case, it remains to be seen what the situation is with Michel and Jovic.