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.
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