A day after it was reported that Miami Heat rookie Nikola Jovic would be headed back to South Florida to have his back examined after having back spasms for the last few weeks, the team announced Tuesday evening that Jovic will be will be sidelined for the next four weeks with a stress reaction in his lower back and won’t be re-evaluated until after those four weeks.
INJURY UPDATE: Nikola Jovic (lower back stress reaction) will be sidelined for 4 weeks and then re-evaluated.
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