Miami Heat’s Chris Andersen Out Vs Timberwolves
By Ed Carroll
Miami Heat center Chris Andersen will miss tonight’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, his fourth straight missed game with a bruised rib.
Chris Andersen bruised a rib against the Philadelphia 76ers on November 1, and the Miami Heat center hasn’t played since. It appears he will miss tonight’s game against the Minnesota Timberwolves, as well:
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Heat coach Erik Spoelstra
Andersen participated in practice on Friday, but was held out of contact drills.
“[Andersen] was actually able to do most of the practice,” Spoelstra said. “We held him out of contact. He’s starting to feel better. He got a lot of good conditioning in.”
Getting Andersen back soon would be a help to the Heat, who are playing short-handed with Danny Granger and Udonis Haslem both nursing injuries that leave them as questionable for tonight’s game. Granger seems to be less optimistic about being able to play, but Haslem could be ready:
Miami hosts Minnesota at 7:30 p.m. Eastern tonight.
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