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Heat Vs. Nets Injury Report: The Latest Pregame Update On Jimmy Butler

Shandel Richardson

Dec 16, 2024; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) knocks the ball away from Detroit Pistons forward Ronald Holland II (00) in the second half at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images
Dec 16, 2024; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) knocks the ball away from Detroit Pistons forward Ronald Holland II (00) in the second half at Little Caesars Arena. Mandatory Credit: Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images / Rick Osentoski-Imagn Images
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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is ruled out Monday against the Brooklyn Nets.

It marks the second straight game he is sidelined with a stomach issue.

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Jimmy Butler: Out - stomach

Kevin Love: Probable - Personal reasons

Josh Christopher: Probable - G League

Keshad Johnson: Probable - Two-way

Josh Richardson: Out - Heel

NETS

Bojan Bogdanovic: Out - Foot

Trendon Watford: Out - Hamstring

Dariq Whitehead: Questionable - G League

Ziaire Williams: Out - Knee

Jaylen Martin: Questionable - Two-way

De'Anthony Melton: Out - Knee

Cam Thomas: Out - Hamstring

Dorian Finney-Smith: Questionable - Calf

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 7:30 p.m., Kaseya Center, Miami


TV: FanDuel Sports Network

Betting line: Heat -8

VITALS: The Heat and Nets meet for the first of three regular season matchups. Last season, the teams split the season, 2-2. The Heat are 80-60 all-time versus Brooklyn during the regular season, including 43-26 in home games and 37-34 in road games.


PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Dru Smith

G Tyler Herro

C Bam Adebayo

F Duncan Robinson

F Nikola Jovic

NETS

F Cam Johnson

F Noah Clowney

C Nic Claxton

G Keon Johnson

G Ben Simmons

QUOTABLE

Ethan Skolnick of Five Reasons Sports Network on the Heat's loss to the Magic: "Essentially you're talking about five of the eight players in Orlando's mix ... unavailable," Skolnick said on his podcast. "I don't want to hear that Jimmy Butler did not play. It does not excuse what happened in the fourth quarter. The guys on the court should've done enough to close out that game and they did not."

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here