MIAMI — Nikola Jovic will miss not less than the subsequent 4 weeks with a damaged bone in his proper hand, the Miami Warmth introduced Tuesday, a blow to the workforce’s hopes of securing a assured playoff spot within the Jap Convention.
Jovic broke the second metacarpal in his hand throughout Sunday’s sport at Milwaukee and was identified with the fracture at halftime. He did not play on Monday at Atlanta and was evaluated by Warmth chief of hand surgical procedure Elizabeth Ann Ouellette and workforce doctor Harlan Selesnick on Tuesday, after which the four-week timetable was decided.
Jovic will put on a splint till he is re-evaluated, the workforce stated.
“I really feel for Niko,” Warmth coach Erik Spoelstra stated when the harm occurred. “I understand how a lot he is put into this.”
The Warmth host Atlanta on Wednesday.
The four-week timetable means that Jovic — who’s averaging 10.7 factors and three.9 rebounds per sport this season — will miss not less than 15 extra video games, with the earliest attainable return being March 25 when the Warmth host former Miami ahead Jimmy Butler and the Golden State Warriors.
The Warmth are 11-5 this season when Jovic scores not less than 14 factors. Miami entered Tuesday ninth within the East, 5 video games behind Detroit within the race for sixth and the final assured playoff spot.
