Heat Ready to Put Injury Woes Behind in Time for Season Opener

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MIAMI -- Another home preseason game for the Miami Heat came and went -- and just like the first two, there was yet another injury to a core member of the team.

This time it was Mike Miller, who rolled his ankle twice -- once at the halftime buzzer and again during the third quarter. Miller grimaced on the floor and needed to be helped up by teammates before sitting out the rest of the game in what was later described as a minor injury.

"Both times he tweaked it," Spoelstra confirmed after Monday's game. "It was the same ankle. He said he was ready to go in the second half but I said, 'I've seen you roll it enough tonight but I'm not going to go for the triple play on that.' But he should be OK. There were minor sprains and the second one it just kind of gave out on him when he went to close out."

The curious case of Mario Chalmers continues with his nagging ankle injury causing him to be scratched from the game altogether right before tipoff despite Spoelstra telling the media otherwise about 45 minutes earlier.

 

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