BREAKING: Key Heat Player Ruled Out For Celtics Game
On Friday evening, the Miami Heat are facing off against the Boston Celtics in Massachusetts.
For the game, the Heat will be without one of their best players, as Caleb Martin has been ruled out.
Via The Heat: "#MIAvsBOS INJURY UPDATE: Caleb Martin (knee), Josh Richardson (foot) and Haywood Highsmith (knee) have all been ruled out of tonight's game vs the Celtics."
Martin played 19 minutes in the Heat's 103-102 victory over the Detroit Pistons on Wednesday, and had two points, three rebounds, one assist and one steal.
Last season, the 28-year-old averaged 9.6 points, 4.8 rebounds, 1.6 assists and 1.0 steals per contest while shooting 46.4% from the field and 35.6% from the three-point range in 71 regular season games (he also appeared in 23 NBA playoff games).
He is in his fifth season in the league and has played for the Charlotte Hornets (and Heat).
During the NBA playoffs last year, Martin averaged 12.7 points, 5.4 rebounds and 1.6 steals per contest while shooting 52.9% from the field and 42.3% from the three-point range.
The Heat were the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference but defeated the Milwaukee Bucks, New York Knicks and Boston Celtics in the first three rounds of the playoffs.
However, they lost to Nikola Jokic and the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals (in six games).
Martin has career averages of 7.9 points, 3.7 rebounds and 1.3 assists per contest while shooting 45.7% from the field and 35.8% from the three-point range in 203 regular season games (he has also appeared in 40 NBA playoff games).
