After missing four months of action with whiplash, Heat forward Markieff Morris will make his return to the floor Saturday night against the Timberwolves.
Miami announced Morris will be available to play for the first time since taking a hard shot in the back from Nuggets center Nikola Jokiu0107 when the teams met in Denver on Nov. 8. He has missed 58 consecutive games in that span.
Morris sustained the injury during a dust-up with Jokic that began after he delivered a hard bump to the 7-footer late in the matchup with Denver up 111-94. As Morris walked away after being called for a foul, Jokic quickly charged him and hit him in the spine with his forearm, jerking his head and neck.