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As Miami Heat star Norman Powell returns from Thursday’s loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, 124-117, the team has received an important injury update on the All-Star guard. While the Heat star is dealing with a serious groin injury, an MRI revealed the severity of the problem, as well as how much time he will miss.

Powell will be out for Saturday afternoon’s match against the Houston Rockets after an MRI revealed he has a Grade 1 strain, as he will be considered “week-to-week” by the team. The week-to-week label is more important than the “day-to-day” label as other players have been considered in the past.

Looking at this upcoming week, after Saturday’s game, Miami will have four games and Powell will be at risk of missing all of them due to a groin strain. Powell played only 10 minutes in Thursday’s loss, missing the game with a groin injury after he entered the game questionable with the issue before being upgraded to “available.”

“We’ll have to evaluate it when we get back to Miami,” Miami head coach Erik Spoelstra said via video from the team’s YouTube page after the loss. “It wasn’t that he couldn’t [play]This was a slide against [Tyrese] Maxi, and he took it too far. So that’s what he’s dealing with, and we’ll just have to see what it is.”

Heat’s Tyler Herro likely to fill void left by Norman Powell

Powell has been Miami’s leading scorer with 22.5 points on 47.3 percent shooting from the field and 39 percent from three-point range, making the 32-year-old a first-time All-Star. For most of the season, he served as the top offensive guard due to Tyler Herro missing significant time.

Now the roles will be reversed, with Herro coming off the bench since returning from a rib injury, one would imagine he has been included in the starting lineup, although the ongoing injury issues with the team have been frustrating.

“It’s obviously very difficult,” Herro said. “We just want to stay healthy, keep people healthy, pray for Norm. I hope he’s OK.”

It remains to be seen how long Powell misses time for the Heat.

The Miami Heat’s frustrations grew after another disappointing loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, 124-117, on Thursday night, an outing that also featured the absence of a key player. Heat star Norman Powell will leave the 76ers game due to a groin injury, head coach Erik Spoelstra has given some insight on the issue.

Powell only played 10 minutes, where he scored only three points to go along with three rebounds and two assists, leading the team with 22.5 points per game, making his presence felt. He came into the game with “right groin soreness” on the injury report, placing him doubtful for the contest, although he was later made available.

Miami will now be at home for three games, with all eyes on his health as Spoelstra described how he “aggravated” the injury.

“We’ll have to evaluate it when we get back to Miami,” Spoelstra said, according to The Miami Herald. “It wasn’t that he couldn’t [play]…He took it out of proportion. So that’s what he’s dealing with, and we’ll just have to see what it is.”

Powell passed all protocols and testing to play Thursday because the groin injury had “aggravated over time,” as Starr said in that morning’s shootaround.

Heat’s Norman Powell on ‘really disappointing’ injuries

With the Heat’s loss to the 76ers, the team has 22 games left to turn the season around and avoid the play-in tournament, with Powell playing a key role in bringing the aggression to an extraordinary level. Although Tyler Herro returned and recorded 25 points and seven assists, Powell has been vital to the team as he has been dealing with back injuries as well as groin injuries.

Powell says injuries have been “really frustrating”, although the way he acknowledges this is that with many players, niggles and injuries happen, showing that they have “a very high pain tolerance.”

It remains to be seen what Powell’s status will be in Miami’s next game on Saturday against the Houston Rockets.

The Miami Heat will try to beat the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday without their top scorer, as Norman Powell was forced to exit early with a groin injury.

Powell, who was a late addition to the injury report, finished with three points on 1-5 shooting, three rebounds and two assists.

According to Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald, the 32-year-old Powell was bothered by a groin injury before the game, but decided to recover anyway.

“Norman Powell (right groin strain) is treated for the rest of the night. He was questionable with a groin problem and tried to play through it, but his night was over after 11 minutes,” Chiang wrote on the X.

The Heat will have to be more creative offensively to fill the void left by Powell, who is averaging 22.9 points on 47.5% shooting.

It would be a huge blow to Miami if Powell is sidelined for an extended period of time, especially as the playoffs approach.

Powell is having the best year of his career, earning his first nod to the All-Star Game and the Heat were right to sign him in the offseason. Many were confused as to why the Los Angeles Clippers let him walk after a breakout season.

If he remains out in the coming days, the Heat have enough depth to cover him. Tyler Herro’s recent return from a rib injury was also timely.

At the time of writing, the Heat are trailing the 76ers by a slim margin in the fourth quarter.