Miami Heat's Tyler Herro Still Not Yet Cleared To Play

Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro has still yet to be cleared to play in Game 3 against the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals.

Herro is still recovering from a broken hand he sustained in the opening game of the playoffs against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 8:30 p.m., ET

Where: Kaseya Center

TV: ABC

Betting line: Heat +2.5

VITALS: The Miami Heat and Nuggets met twice this regular season with Denver winning both matchups, each by five points or less. Miami is 34-38 all-time versus Denver during the regular season, including 20-15 in home games and 14-23 in road games. The teams enter this postseason having never faced each other in NBA Finals history with the Nuggets making their first appearance. The HEAT enter the series marking their seventh NBA Finals appearance, recording a 3-3 series record with NBA Championships in 2006, 2012 and 2013.For the Heat, Victor Oladipo (knee) and Tyler Herro (hand) are out and.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Max Strus

G Gabe Vincent

C Bam Adebayo

F Kevin Love

F Jimmy Butler

NUGGETS

F Michael Porter Jr

F Aaron Gordon

C Nikola Jokic

G Jamal Murray

G Kentavious Caldwell-Pope

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Heat forward Jimmy Butler: "Maybe I have to be a little bit more aggressive. I've got to put pressure on the rim. Me with no free throws, that was all on myself, nobody else. So we'll definitely correct that the next game, but only I can do that."

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