Heat-Cavs Injury Report: Playing Status Of All-Star For Game 4 Undecided

Apr 26, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Cleveland Cavaliers guard Donovan Mitchell (45) celebrates with head coach Kenny Atkinson in the fourth quarter against the Miami Heat during game three for the first round of the 2025 NBA Playoffs at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

Ahead of Game 4 of their first round Playoff series on Monday, it remains to be seen whether or not Cleveland Cavaliers' All-Star Darius Garland will play against the Miami Heat. Garland missed Game 3 with a sprained big toe. He went through a no-contact workout at Cavs practice on Sunday, but not at full speed. Cavs coach Kenny Atkinson said them being up 3-0 in the series won't factor into the decision.

Cavs guard Darius Garland went through a no-contact workout at Cavs practice today, but was not able to go at full speed.

Coach Kenny Atkinson left his status at “We’ll see.” But he said that the series lead being at 3-0 won’t factor into Garland playing and that it’s a…

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) April 27, 2025

Here's the rest of the injury report and game preview:

HEAT

Terry Rozier: Out - Ankle

Kevin Love: Out - Personal Reasons

CAVALIERS

Darius Garland: Questionable - Toe

How To Watch Miami Heat-Cleveland Cavaliers, Lineups, Injury Report, Betting Lines

Game time: 7:30 p.m., Kaseya Center, Miami

TV: TNT, TruTV, FanDuel Sports Network, MAX

Betting line: Heat +8.5, DraftKings

VITALS: The Heat trail 0-3 in the best-of-seven first round series. The Heat and Cavaliers met three times this regular season with Cleveland winning the series, 2-1. The HEAT are 80-53 all-time versus Cleveland during the regular season, including 51-17 in home games and 29-36 in road games. The teams entered this postseason having never faced each other in the playoffs as Miami has faced every other Eastern Conference team in the postseason except Cleveland.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Davion Mitchell

G Tyler Herro

C Kel'el Ware

F Andrew Wiggins

F Bam Adebayo

CAVALIERS

G Ty Jerome

G Donovan Mitchell

C Jarrett Allen

F Max Strus

F Evan Mobley

QUOTABLE

Heat big man Bam Adebayo: "I've been a part of a team that was up 3-0 and then, in the blink of an eye, we were going into a Game 7. Obviously there's still a chance."

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Alexander Toledo is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI and producer/co-host of the Five on the Floor podcast, covering the Heat and NBA. He can be reached at toledoalexander22@gmail.com. Twitter: @tropicalblanket