MIAMI -- If the Miami Heat didn't have enough issues with injuries, another key player will likely miss Saturday night's game against the New Orleans Pelicans.
Starting guard Dion Waiters, the team's third-leading scorer with a 14.7 average, injured his left ankle late in the first quarter of Miami's 113-101 victory over the Dallas Mavericks Friday night. Waiters twisted the ankle, limped off the court and didn't return.
Waiters' expected absence now will result in a third Heat starter sidelined by injury. Center Hassan Whiteside has missed the last 12 games because of a bone bruise on his left knee and a left elbow strain has sidelined point guard Goran Dragic the past three games.