Jimmy Butler's Status Downgraded For Tonight Against Philadelphia 76ers

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler will miss his second straight game due to foot contusion

Shandel Richardson | Mar 18, 2024

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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler will not play tonight against the Philadelphia 76ers.

It marks the second straight game he has missed because of a foot contusion.

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 7:30 pm., ET

Where: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia

TV: Bally Sports

Betting line: Heat +2.5

VITALS: The Heat and 76ers meet for the third of four matchups this regular season. So far this season, Miami has won both previous contests, and has now won three-straight against Philadelphia. The Heat are 71-65 all-time versus the Sixers during the regular season, including 44-24 in home games and 27-41 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Terry Rozier

G Duncan Robinson

C Bam Adebayo

F Jaime Jaquez

F Haywood Highsmith

SIXERS

F Kelly Oubre Jr

F Nicolas Batum

C Mo Bamba

G Tyrese Maxey

G Kyle Lowry

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Jamal Cain: Out - G League - Two-Way

Tyler Herro: Out - Right Foot Medial Tendinitis

Kevin Love: Out - Right Heel Bruise

Jimmy Butler: Out -Right foot contusion

Josh Richardson: Out - Right Shoulder Surgery

Alondes Williams: Out - G League - Two-Way

Nikola Jovic: Out - Hamstring strain

SIXERS

Robert Covington: Out - Knee

Joel Embiid: Out - Knee

Tobias Harris: Questionable - Hamstring

Kai Jones: Out - Hamstring

De'Anthony Melton: Out - Back

Terquavion Smith : Out - G League

QUOTABLE

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Bam Adebayo's winning 3-pointer: “Sometimes there's karma in this game. Bam was just outstanding for us, especially defensively, with all the things he was doing and everything he got on the glass. Sometimes the ball just happens to find that guy.”

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Shandel Richardson covers the Miami Heat for Inside The Heat, a Fan Nation channel for Sports Illustrated. He has covered the NBA since 2010.

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Published Mar 18, 2024

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