UPDATE: Jimmy Butler's Current Injury Status For Heat-Cavs Game
UPDATE: Jimmy Butler is available (h/t Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald).
UPDATE: Jimmy Butler was at shootaround (h/t Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald).
On Wednesday evening, the Miami Heat will face off against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Ohio.
For the game, the Heat could be without their best player, as Jimmy Butler is on the injury report.
The six-time NBA All-Star has missed each of the two games, so this would be his third straight out of the lineup (if he doesn't play).
Via Underdog NBA: "Jimmy Butler (foot) questionable for Wednesday."
Butler is having another productive season with averages of 21.4 points, 5.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.4 steals per contest while shooting 50.0% from the field and 42.2% from the three-point range in 47 games.
The Heat are the eighth seed in the Eastern Conference with a 37-31 record in 68 games.
They have gone 4-6 over their last ten games and most recently lost to the Philadelphia 76ers by a score of 98-91.
Following their matchup with the Cavs, the Heat will play their next game on Friday evening when they return home to host Zion Williamson and the New Orleans Pelicans in Miami, Florida.
As for the Cavs, they enter the evening as the third seed in the Eastern Conference with a 43-25 record in 68 games.
They have gone 5-5 over their last ten games and most recently beat the Indiana Pacers by a score of 108-103.
Following the Heat, the Cavs will visit Anthony Edwards and the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday evening at the Target Center.
