Heat even more short-handed entering elimination game in Boston. Jaquez ruled out for Game 5
Posted on AllSides April 30th, 2024
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As if the Miami Heat’s injury issues weren’t bad enough, they just got worse. With the eighth-seeded Heat down 3-1 in its best-of-7 first-round playoff series against the top-seeded Boston Celtics and facing elimination, rookie Jaime Jaquez Jr. has been ruled out for Game 5 on Wednesday at TD Garden (7:30 p.m., Bally Sports Sun and TNT). Jaquez hurt his hip during the Heat’s 102-88 loss to the Celtics on Monday night at Kaseya Center in Game 4 when he “felt something give in the beginning of the third quarter...
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