NBA postpones Heat-Spurs game

The NBA has postponed the game between the Heat and the Spurs that was scheduled to be played in San Antonio on Wednesday night, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN (Twitter link). Miami doesn’t have the required minimum of eight players available.

The Heat have 12 players sidelined due to either COVID-19 or injuries. Zylan Cheatham, Udonis Haslem, Kyle Lowry, Max Strus, P.J. Tucker and Gabe Vincent are in the health and safety protocols, while Bam Adebayo (thumb), Jimmy Butler (ankle), Dewayne Dedmon (knee), Markieff Morris (neck), KZ Okpala (wrist) and Victor Oladipo (knee) are injured.

That leaves Miami with just five players – Tyler Herro, Duncan Robinson, Omer Yurtseven, Caleb Martin and Marcus Garrett – available from their standard roster. The Heat had lined up 10-day deals for Kyle Guy and Aric Holman, but those signings aren’t official yet and would still leave the team one player short of the minimum.

The Heat will resume their schedule on Friday in Houston. In the next two days, the team figures to finalize its signings of Guy and Holman and add at least a couple more replacement players in order to avoid another postponement.

Wednesday’s Heat-Spurs game is the 10th contest to be postponed so far this season, as our tracker shows.