Important faces are already missing for Miami

The Miami Heat (0-1) will face the Charlotte Hornets (1-1) on Saturday evening at the Spectrum Center.

As the regular season begins, a healthy LaMelo Ball is racing through teams, scoring more than 32 points in each of the Hornets' first two meetings. Meanwhile, the Heat were embarrassed in their debut by their Florida counterparts, the Orlando Magic.

In the second game, the Heat are already missing a few key players for various reasons.

Here is the full injury report for Saturday evening:

HEAT

Josh Christopher: Available – Bruised right big toe

Kevin Love: Out – Personal reasons

Kel'el Ware: Out – stomach illness

Josh Richardson: Questionable – left heel enthesopathy

HORNETS

DaQuan Jeffries: Out – Hand

Brandon Miller: Out – Glutes

Mark Williams: Out – Foot

Tidjane Salaun: Questionable – fingers

Heat All-Star center Bam Adebayo, who is ready to face Charlotte, shared his thoughts on the loss to the Magic.

“We played badly. There's actually nothing to that. I mean, this is as simple as I can make it. “It’s embarrassing, especially on a night like this for Godfather Riley,” Adebayo said. “For us it's a short-term memory, I know it's the start of the season, but we don't want to portray it like a 'get'.” For us it’s a matter of victory or disaster.”

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Anthony Pasciolla is a writer for Miami Heat On SI. He can be reached at [email protected] or follow him on X @AnthonyPasci.