Miami Heat-Phoenix Suns Injury Update: Star player's status revealed

The final word on who's in and who's out for Tuesday night's game in Miami.

Jan 3, 2026; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat guard Norman Powell (24) reacts after scoring against the Minnesota Timberwolves during the third quarter at Kaseya Center. Mandatory Credit: Sam Navarro-Imagn Images | Sam Navarro-Imagn Images

The Miami Heat announced that guard Norman Powell will play in Tuesday night's game against the Phoenix Suns after being listed as questionable with back soreness and missing the last two games.

Powell is averaging 23.8 points, 3.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 1.3 steals in 33 games for the Heat this season, converting on 48.2 percent of his field goals, 41.5 percent of his threes and 85.7 percent of his free throws.

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

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INJURY REPORT

HEAT

Norman Powell: Available - Back

Terry Rozier: Out - Not with team

SUNS

Jalen Green: Out - Hamstring

Jamaree Bouyea: Out - Concussion

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Game date, time and location: Monday, Jan. 13, 7:30 p.m. EST, Kaeya Center, Miami, Florida

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Sun (South Florida), Arizona's Family Sports, Arizona's Family 3TV (Phoenix)

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), 98.7 FM Arizona Sports (Phoenix)

VITALS: The Miami Heat (20-19) and Phoenix Suns (24-15) meet for the first of two regular season matchups. Last season the teams split the series, 1-1, with each squad winning on their home court. The Heat are 33-40 all-time versus Phoenix during the regular season, including 17-20 in home games and 16-20 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Davion Mitchell

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Norman Powell

F Andrew Wiggins

SUNS

G Collin Gillespie

G Devin Booker

C Mark Williams

F Dillon Brooks

F Royce O'Neale

Betting Lines (via FanDuel Sportsbook)

Spread: Heat -1 (-110), Suns +1 (-110)

Moneyline: Heat -112, Suns -104

Total points scored: 230.5 (over -106, under -114)

QUOTABLE

Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra on loss to OKC Thunder: "The turnovers, offensively, for us allowed them to get back into it and then take control of it, then they started to hit threes from that point but that really kind of defused any kind of momentum we would have or creating any kind of advantage, and end up in a mistake. But again, that's what OKC does. They're like us. They can speed teams up, they sped us up and forced us into an inordinate amount of mistakes on our part."

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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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