Key player will not suit up for Miami Heat-Sacramento Kings on Tuesday

The final word on who's in and who's out for Tueaday night's face-off.

Dec 6, 2025; Miami, Florida, USA; Sacramento Kings guard Russell Westbrook (18) and Miami Heat center Kel'el Ware (7) go for a rebound during the first half at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Rhona Wise-Imagn Images | Rhona Wise-Imagn Images

The Miami Heat announced that center Kel'el Ware will not play in Tuesday night's game against the Sacramento Kings. Not originally on the injury report, the second-year big was listed with hamstring tightness earlier in the day.

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

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INJURY REPORT

HEAT

Kel'el Ware: Out - Hamstring

Tyler Herro: Out - Rib/Toe

Terry Rozier: Out - Not with team

KINGS

Keegan Murray: Out - Ankle

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Game date, time and location: Tuesday, Jan. 20, 10:00 p.m. EST, Golden 1 Center, Sacramento, California

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Sun, NBC Sports California

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), Sactown Sports 1140 AM (Sacramento)

VITALS: The Miami Heat (22-20) and Sacramento Kings (12-31) meet for the second and final regular season matchup. It will be the second night of a back-to-back after Miami played at Golden State on Monday.

Sacramento recorded a, 127-111, win earlier this season and has currently won three-straight against the Heat after Miami had won three consecutive prior to that. The Heat are 47-27 all-time versus the Kings during the regular season, including 31-7 in home games and 16-20 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Davion Mitchell

G Norman Powell

C Bam Adebayo

F Pelle Larsson

F Andrew Wiggins

KINGS

G Russell Westbrook

C Zach LaVine

C Maxime Raynaud

F DeMar DeRozan

F Precious Achiuwa

Betting Lines (via FanDuel Sportsbook)

Spread: Heat -2.5 (-114), Kings +2.5 (-106)

Moneyline: Heat -144, Kings +122

Total points scored: 237.5 (over -110, under -110)

QUOTABLE

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on what went wrong against the Golden State Warriors: "Well you have to credit their defense for sure, it was active, but we're just coming off a few games where we face teams like that. Our decision-making was not great tonight and they made us pay for that, and it wasn't just the turnovers."

"The turnovers definitely hurt, especially at any swing moment, but some of our shot selection too, during moments where the game was starting to go the other way. Combination of that and then it was one of our poorer defensive games in a long time."

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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

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