Miami Heat's Tyler Herro Listed As Questionable For Tonight Against Houston Rockets

Shandel Richardson | Apr 5, 2024

Feb 23, 2024; New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; Miami Heat guard Tyler Herro (14) passes the ball - Stephen Lew/USA Today Sports / Stephen Lew-USA TODAY Sports

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The Miami Heat announced guard Tyler Herro is questionable for tonight's game against the Houston Rockets.

Here's the game preview:

Game Time: 8 p.m.

Where: Toyota Center, Houston

TV: Bally Sports Sun

Betting line: Heat -2.5

Vitals: The Heat and Rockets meet for the second and final matchup this regular season. Earlier this season, Miami recorded a 120-113 win on Jan. 8 and with a victory, will sweep the series for the fourth consecutive season. Miami has currently won seven-straight against Houston, just
one short of tying their franchise record of eight consecutive victories from 11/8/95 – 1/6/00, including a team-record tying three-straight on the road.
The Heat are 40-33 all-time versus the Rockets during the regular season, including 25-13 in home games and 15-20 in road games.

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Terry Rozier

G Duncan Robinson

C Bam Adebayo

F Jimmy Butler

F Nikola Jovic

ROCKETS

F Dillon Brooks

F Amen Thompson

C Jabari Smith Jr

G Jalen Green

G Fred VanVleet

INJUY REPORT

HEAT

Tyler Herro: Questionable - Right Foot Medial Tendinitis

Josh Richardson: Out - Right Shoulder Surgery

ROCKETS

Amen Thompson: Questionable - Ankle

Alperen Sengun: Out - Ankle

Tari Eason: Out - Leg

QUOTABLE: Heat coach Erik Spoelstra after Thursday's loss to the Philadelphia 76ers: “We're right next to each other in the standings so that’s what games are going to be like - back and forth, back and forth, back and forth. We'll go on a run, they'll go on a run, it just keeps on going that way and they made the final run.”

Published Apr 5, 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