Cunningham, Thompson & Wiggins' status changes ahead of Heat-Pistons: Injury Update

The Miami Heat announced that forward Andrew Wiggins (big toe inflammation) will not play in Sunday's game against the Detroit Pistons after being listed as questionable and missing their last game with knee tendinitis.

For the Pistons, guard Cade Cunningham (quad contusion) is probable to play after he sat out their last game, while Ausar Thompson (ankle) and Caris Levert (wrist) will not be available.

ANALYSIS

Without Wiggins again, expect the Heat to continue to trot out Myron Gardner as a rotation forward, who likely starts in his place again, along with minutes for Dru Smith and larger guaranteed roles for Pelle Larsson and Jaime Jaquez Jr.

For the Pistons, with Cunningham in and Thompson and LeVert out, don't be surprised if Daniss Jenkins, Marcus Sasser and Kevin Huerter take on bigger roles than they typically do when everyone's healthy and available.

With Thompson, a world-class defender, out of the mix, the Heat will be able to score a little bit easier but will miss the pros of being able to play help defense by leaving Thompson, who isn't a good shooter, open when he's off the ball.

On the other hand, Sasser, Jenkins and Huerter's expected larger roles would give the Pistons more shooting as well as ball-handling surrounding Cunningham's All-Star attack.

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

INJURY REPORT

HEAT

Andrew Wiggins: Out - Knee

Simone Fontecchio: Out - Groin

Norman Powell: Out - Groin

Nikola Jovic: Out - Back

Keshad Johnson: Out - G League Assignment

Trevor Keels: Available - G League (Two-Way)

Jahmir Young: Out - G League (Two-Way)

Vlad Goldin: Available - G League (Two-Way)

Terry Rozier: Out - Not with team

PISTONS

Cade Cunningham: Probable - Quadriceps

Ausar Thompson: Out - Ankle

Caris LeVert: Out - Wrist

Wendell Moore Jr.: Available - G League (Two-Way)

Tolu Smith III: Available - G League (Two-Way)

Isaac Jones: Available - G League (Two-Way)

Game date, time and location: Sunday, Mar. 8, 6:00 p.m. EST, Kaseya Center, Miami, Florida

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Sun, FanDuel Sports Network Detroit

Radio: 104.3 FM (Miami/Ft. Lauderdale), ESPN 106.3 FM, (West Palm Beach), FOX Sports Radio 105.9 FM (Ft. Myers/Naples), 1450 AM (Suart), 97.7 FM (Florida Keys), WAQI 710 AM (Spanish-language broadcast, South Florida), 950 AM (Detroit)

VITALS: The Miami Heat (35-29) and Detroit Pistons (45-17) meet for the third and final regular season matchup. So far this season, the teams have split the series, 1-1, with each squad winning on the road. The HEAT are 73-61 all-time versus Detroit during the regular season, including 40-26 in home games and 33-35 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Davion Mitchell

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Pelle Larsson

F Myron Gardner

PISTONS

G Cade Cunningham

G Marcus Sasser

C Jalen Duren

F Duncan Robinson

F Tobias Harris

Betting Lines (via FanDuel Sportsbook)

Spread: Heat +1.5 (-110), Pistons -1.5 (-110)

Moneyline: Heat +102, Pistons -120

Total points scored: 231.5 (over -110, under -110)

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QUOTABLE

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra after the win over the Charlotte Hornets: "I really want our guys to have these kind of moments, that's what I've been saying for the last month. This is the best time of year, we feel like our game has been trending in such a great way, both ends of the court. Our defense is just getting more consistent, you see the efforts and you see more guys making an impact and then offensively, we've felt that way since the turn of the new year, that our offense has been going in a good way, but now it becomes about these competitive games."

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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 Twitter: @tropicalblanket