On December 30, Beijing time, the NBA officially announced that the Spurs home game against the Heat today was postponed. The Heat have less than 8 players on the floor, which does not meet the league's minimum number of players. This is the 10th postponed game of the season in the NBA, and last season, the total number of games postponed by the NBA was 31.
According to the Heat's official injury situation, Kitham, PJ Tucker and Vincent all triggered the health and safety agreement, counting the previous Lowry, Adebayo and Strus, the Heat have 6 players quarantined. In addition, Dedmund, Morris, Oladipo and Butler are all sidelined due to injury. The Heat urgently signed Holman from the G League, hoping to bring the number of game activations to 8 and avoid delays. However, in the end, Okpala, who was originally suspicious of the game, was absent due to a wrist injury, and the number of activations dropped to 7, which could not meet the minimum number of people in the league.
The Heat are currently 22-13, ranking fourth in the East, and although plagued by injuries and other factors, their recent record is very good. After beating the Wizards, the Heat have won a four-game winning streak, winning six of their last seven games.
The NBA just yesterday confirmed a new health and safety protocol policy, as long as the players who have been vaccinated, after determining that there is no risk of infection, their isolation time will be shortened from 10 days to 6 days.