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Anthony Chiang: Erik Spoelstra to @TheJaxShow on Bam Adebayo (calf): "We want to make sure that he's feeling good. So we’ll be responsible with it. He'll continue to do around the clock treatment. If he's not able to go, Kel’el will step in there and then other guys will obviously have to step up."
Miami Heat: #MILvsMIA INJURY UPDATE: Nikola Jovic (back), Norman Powell (groin) and Andrew Wiggins (toe) have all been ruled out of tonight's game vs the Bucks. Kel'el Ware (shoulder) and Tyler Herro (quadriceps) are both listed as questionable.
Anthony Chiang: Tyler Herro (quad) and Kel'el Ware (shoulder) listed as questionable for tomorrow's game vs. Bucks. Nikola Jovic, Norman Powell and Andrew Wiggins remain out.
Anthony Chiang: Heat says Tyler Herro (left quad soreness) remains questionable for tonight vs. Wizards. He's going to warm up and see how he feels. Heat already without Kel'el Ware, Nikola Jovic, Norman Powell, Terry Rozier, Andrew Wiggins and Jahmir Young tonight.
Ira Winderman: Kel’el Ware now out for Heat tonight vs. Wizards with a shoulder strain. Tyler Herro now questionable due to quad soreness. Powell, Wiggins, Jovic still out. Keshad back. Trae now out for Wizards.
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Anthony Chiang: Norman Powell, Andrew Wiggins, Nikola Jovic, Keshad Johnson, Jahmir Young and Terry Rozier remain out for the Heat tomorrow vs. Wizards. Kel’el Ware is questionable due to a right shoulder strain he suffered in yesterday’s win.
The Heat has outscored opponents by 8.5 points per 100 possessions with Ware on the court during the past seven games after being outscored by 1.6 points per 100 possessions with Ware on the court during the Heat’s first 56 games this season. “I mean, people forget Kel’el is 21 years old, like second year in the league,” Heat guard Tyler Herro said. “There are going to be ups and downs. He’s still learning. The best thing about Kel’el is he wants to learn, he wants to be great. And there’s going to be ups and downs. You see tonight his potential that he could tap into, seven blocks. It should have been eight. And he’s continuing to get better.”
“Mark this up in Heat history and NBA history,” Adebayo said of Ware’s historic performance on Thursday. “So kudos to him, I’m proud of him. And he did it while getting a double-double, so that makes it even better. But, like I’ve always said, I see what he can do. And he was able to showcase a lot of, obviously the defensive side, but 7 for 9 for the field. He played well today.”
“It shows that I’m impacting the game,” Ware said. “And I’m going out there and I’m affecting it. Being able to help my team, prove that I can play and be a plus.”
Heat backup center Kel’el Ware proved to be an effective fill-in for Adebayo on Thursday, stuffing the box score with 16 points, 11 rebounds, five steals and seven blocks in 32 minutes in the win. The seven blocks are a new career-high for Ware.
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Ira Winderman: Erik Spoelstra on Kel'el Ware's big night, "He was jumping, getting off the ground, and his head coach didn't even have to tell him." Adds, "He was super active tonight."
“I want big fella to be out there,” Adebayo said of Ware. “I feel like he listens to me. Sometimes he kind of ignores Spo. But I’ve banked so much equity with him. Throughout the summer, him getting up with me at 6 a.m. And with all the pick-up we’ve played, he listens, he wants to learn. He wants to be out there. Obviously, he’s got to earn his minutes. But when he’s out there with me, I feel like he definitely gets better.”
