{"id":620475,"date":"2026-02-23T19:47:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:47:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/620475\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T19:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T19:47:16","slug":"davion-mitchell-nikola-jovics-status-vs-bucks-in-question","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/620475\/","title":{"rendered":"Davion Mitchell, Nikola Jovic’s status vs. Bucks in question"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Miami Heat outlasted the Memphis Grizzlies in their showdown<\/a> on Saturday night, 136-120, the team looks to carry its three-game winning streak into Tuesday’s matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks. With the Heat looking to avoid the play-in tournament<\/a> and climb the Eastern Conference standings, the team gets crucial injury updates for Tuesday.<\/p>\n

Miami practiced on Monday before traveling, as everybody practiced besides Davion Mitchell<\/a> and Nikola Jovic<\/a>, as both missed Saturday’s aforementioned win over the Grizzlies. Mitchell is dealing with a sickness as Jovic has sustained a lower back injury, whom he’ll see a doctor for to check on the severity<\/a>, according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt remains to be seen if they will travel to Milwaukee with the team today for tomorrow\u2019s matchup vs. Bucks. Jovic went to see a doctor today for his back,\u201d Chiang wrote on X, formerly Twitter.<\/p>\n

Mitchell had been a mainstay in the Heat’s starting lineup as the primary point guard, while Jovic has usually come off the bench, but has struggled for the majority of the year. The news stings since Miami had gotten healthier with the return of star Tyler Herro, as Norman Powell<\/a> echoed after the win Saturday that the team is \u201cstarting to buy into the collective effort.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cI think obviously us being finally healthy, we didn’t have [Mitchell] tonight, but I think it’s the healthiest we’ve been all year, and we just want to continue to build that chemistry and do all the little things to help us pull these games out and not have any slippage and continuing to focus on our goal of getting out the play-in [tournament],\u201d Powell continued.<\/p>\n

Asked Norman Powell about the Heat winning three straight games for the first time in a while, and after he joked about that being a shot (lol), would speak on how the team is \u201cstarting to buy into the collective effort\u201d and the goal to get out of the play-in tourney: #HeatNation<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5WOEXWbFUw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Zachary Weinberger (@ZachWeinberger) February 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

At any rate, it remains to be seen what the status is of Mitchell and Jovic.<\/p>\n