Bam Adebayo #13 of the Miami Heat keeps the ball from LeBron James #23 and Austin Reaves #15 of the Los Angeles Lakers during the first half at Crypto.com Arena on January 15, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Harry How Getty Images
The Miami Heat will get its top player back from injury, but the Los Angeles Lakers may be without some of their best players.
While the Heat has upgraded three-time All-Star center Bam Adebayo to available for Thursday night’s matchup against the Lakers at Kaseya Center after he missed Tuesday’s loss to the Charlotte Hornets due to right calf tightness, the status of the Lakers’ leading trio is up in the air.
With the Lakers on the backend of a brutal back-to-back set following their win over the Rockets in Houston on Wednesday night, Luka Doncic (right hip soreness), LeBron James (left foot arthritis) and Austin Reaves (right forearm contusion) are all listed as questionable for Thursday’s game in Miami.
The Lakers also ruled out Maxi Kleber (back strain).
The Lakers, which have won seven straight games to take sole possession of third place in the Western Conference, arrived to their Miami hotel around 5 a.m. on Thursday morning after their victory over the Rockets in Houston on Wednesday ended around midnight Eastern Standard Time. Thursday also marks the Lakers’ third game in four nights.
As for the Heat, it will have to play without sixth man Jaime Jaquez Jr., who was downgraded to out for Thursday’s contest because of left hip tightness. It marks the sixth game that Jaquez has missed this season and the first game he has missed since Jan. 17.
The Heat will also be without Vlad Goldin (G League), Trevor Keels (G League), Terry Rozier (not with team), Andrew Wiggins (left big toe sesamoiditis) and Jahmir Young (G League) against the Lakers.
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