The Miami Heat will have to wait for Tyler Herro in the finals of the North American professional league NBA.
The 22-year-old key player will also be missing in the third final on Thursday (2:30 a.m. CEST/DAZN) against the Denver Nuggets, as the Heat announced on Tuesday evening.
Herro has been out for almost two months with a broken hand. In this phase, the underdog from Florida knocked out the top teams Boston Celtics and Milwaukee Bucks from the playoffs and surprisingly reached the final series.
Spoelstra: “We take it day by day”
For a long time it was said that three-man specialist Herro could return to game three in the final. It’s the first final game in Miami after two games in Denver.
“We take it day by day. Tyler has been training with the group. Then he’ll have full contact training, which we have to evaluate first,” said head coach Erik Spoelstra of the man, who has averaged 20 points a game in the regular season .
The work done by Herro is encouraging, Spoelstra added. In the series in best-of-seven mode, it is currently 1: 1. Denver around the Serbian star player Nikola Jokic is considered the favourite.