BREAKING: Miami Heat Star Has A Broken Hand
On Sunday evening, the Miami Heat are in Wisconsin facing off with the Milwaukee Bucks for Game 1 of their first-round playoff series.
During the game, Tyler Herro got injured, and the Heat have now announced that the 2022 6th Man of The Year has a broken hand.
Via The Heat: "#MIAvsMIL INJURY UPDATE: Tyler Herro (broken right hand) will not return to tonight’s game vs the Bucks."
Herro is one of the team's most important players and finished the regular season with averages of 20.1 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.2 assists per contest in 67 games.
The former Kentucky star also shot 43.9% from the field and 37.8% from the three-point range.
He is in his fourth season with the Heat and has helped them make the NBA Playoffs four times in a row.
They made the NBA Finals in 2020 and lost in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals in 2022.
This season, the Heat finished as the seventh seed with a 44-38 record.
However, they lost their first play-in tournament game to the Atlanta Hawks, so they are the eighth seed (after beating the Chicago Bulls in the second play-in tournament game).
As for the Bucks, they were the best team in the NBA with a 58-24 record and are the first seed in the Eastern Conference.
During Sunday's game, they also suffered a big loss, as two-time MVP Giannis Antetokounmpo has been ruled out for the remainder of the contest due to a back injury.
