Magic-Heat Injury Report: Who's In, Who's Out for Saturday Night?

The latest on player health and status for Saturday's contest between the Orlando Magic and Miami Heat.

Orlando Magic forward Paolo Banchero (5) sets up the offense against the Miami Heat during the second half at Kaseya Center. | Jim Rassol-Imagn Images

ORLANDO, Fla. – The Orlando Magic and Miami Heat square off for the second time of this season on Saturday night. Tipoff is 7 p.m. ET between the Floridian and Southeast division foes from the Kia Center.

This meeting opened the regular season for each team, a contest the Magic won 116-97 in the Kaseya Center on Oct. 23. They'll again play later during Orlando's current seven-game homestand which closes the calendar year.

The Magic's Thursday night loss to OKC was the third consecutive dropped result for Orlando, knocking them to 17-12 as they sit fourth in the East. Miami entered Friday night's contest with the Thunder sitting sixth in the East at 13-11 so far this year.

Here's the latest on player health and status for each team ahead of Saturday night's clash.

Orlando Magic Injury Report

• Paolo Banchero: OUT (torn right oblique)
• Franz Wagner: OUT (torn right oblique)
• Gary Harris: OUT (left hamstring strain)
• Jalen Suggs: OUT (right ankle sprain)

Banchero will miss his 25th game this season, and Wagner his fifth, due to torn right obliques.

Harris has missed 10 consecutive games with a left hamstring strain suffered Nov. 25 at Charlotte. He told reporters at Thursday's shootaround that he was "getting close" to his return.

6:30 p.m. Saturday update: Harris was downgraded to OUT, meaning he's missing his 11th straight game with the injury.

Suggs is listed was initially listed as probable after suffering ankle injuries that forced him to leave the matchup vs. OKC. The Magic guard left the game, returned for four minutes, then again exited for good Thursday.

UPDATE: After Orlando's shootaround on Saturday morning, the fourth-year guard was downgraded to questionable. Then, after his pregame shooting slot in preparation for the contest with Miami, Suggs was downgraded to OUT.

Miami Heat Injury Report

• Jimmy Butler: OUT (stomach illness)
• Kevin Love: OUT (personal reasons)
• Josh Richardson: OUT (right heel inflammation)
• Pelle Larsson: AVAILABLE (right ankle sprain)
• Nikola Jovic: AVAILABLE (left ankle sprain)
• Josh Christopher: AVAILABLE (two-way)
• Keshad Johnson: AVAILABLE (two-way)

Butler left Friday night's game versus the Oklahoma City Thunder with an illness and reportedly didn't travel with the team last night to Orlando. In the first meeting between these two teams this year, Butler scored just three points on 1-8 shooting.

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