{"id":629507,"date":"2026-02-28T02:56:20","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:56:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/629507\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T02:56:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T02:56:20","slug":"rockets-vs-heat-injury-report-feb-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/629507\/","title":{"rendered":"Rockets vs. Heat Injury Report \u2013 Feb. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As they gear up to play the Houston Rockets (37-21) on Saturday, Feb. 28 at Kaseya Center, with tip-off at 3:30 p.m. ET, the Miami Heat (31-29) have two players currently listed on the injury report. The Rockets have listed four injured players.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the NBA, other live sports and more on Fubo. What is Fubo? Fubo is a streaming service that gives you access to your favorite live sports and shows on demand. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/62741?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1420&amp;pb=976169&amp;cid=dETq4Gz4DX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Use our link<\/a> to sign up.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to the game on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/live\/sportstalk-790-wkrd-4836\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Sports Talk 790AM<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rockets vs. Heat Game Info<\/p>\n<p>When: Saturday, February 28, 2026 at 3:30 p.m. ET<br \/>\nWhere: Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida<br \/>\nTV: Amazon Prime Video and SCHN<br \/>\nRockets&#8217; Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Rockets Injuries: <\/p>\n<p>Fred VanVleet: Out For Season (Acl), <\/p>\n<p>Steven Adams: Out For Season (Ankle), <\/p>\n<p>Jae&#8217;Sean Tate: Out (Knee), <\/p>\n<p>Jabari Smith: Out (Ankle)<\/p>\n<p>Rockets&#8217; Top Players (Last 20 Games)<\/p>\n<p>Rockets Stats<\/p>\n<p>Houston has a +324 scoring differential, topping opponents by 5.6 points per game. It is putting up 114.7 points per game to rank 20th in the league and is allowing 109.1 per contest to rank third in the NBA.<br \/>\nThe Rockets&#8217; leading scorer, Kevin Durant, ranks 11th in the league putting up 26.1 points per game.<br \/>\nHouston ranks first in the league at 48.3 rebounds per game. That&#8217;s 8.6 more than the 39.7 its opponents average.<br \/>\nAlperen Sengun leads the Rockets with 9.2 rebounds per game (11th in league play).<br \/>\nHouston makes 11.5 three-pointers per game (26th in the league) compared to its opponents&#8217; 12.1. It shoots 37.2% from deep while its opponents hit 34.5% from long range.<br \/>\nThe Rockets&#8217; most prolific three-point shooter, Reed Sheppard, is 27th in the NBA with 2.6 made three-pointers per game.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for officially licensed NBA gear? <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/58417?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1317&amp;pb=976170&amp;cid=dETq4Gz4DX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Fanatics<\/a> has jerseys, hats, apparel, memorabilia, trading cards, collectibles and more.<\/p>\n<p>Heat&#8217;s Injury Report<\/p>\n<p>Heat Injuries: <\/p>\n<p>Nikola Jovic: Day-To-Day (Back), <\/p>\n<p>Norman Powell: Out (Groin)<\/p>\n<p>Heat&#8217;s Top Players (Last 20 Games)<\/p>\n<p>Heat Stats<\/p>\n<p>Miami outscores opponents by 2.7 points per game (posting 119.9 points per game, second in league, and giving up 117.2 per outing, 20th in NBA) and has a +164 scoring differential.<br \/>\nBam Adebayo&#8217;s 18.5 points per game leads the Heat and ranks 43rd in the NBA.<br \/>\nThe 47.3 rebounds per game Miami accumulates rank second in the league. Their opponents pull down 47.2.<br \/>\nKel&#8217;el Ware tops the team with 9.3 rebounds per game (10th in league).<br \/>\nMiami makes 13.5 three-pointers per game (15th in the league), while its opponents have made 13.9 on average.<br \/>\nThe Heat&#8217;s Andrew Wiggins makes 2.1 three-pointers per game (45th in NBA), leading the team.<\/p>\n<p>Rep your favorite players with officially licensed NBA gear. <a href=\"https:\/\/affiliates.routy.app\/route\/58417?affId=3147&amp;ts=5002712&amp;pa=1379&amp;pb=976204&amp;cid=dETq4Gz4DX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Head to Fanatics<\/a> to find jerseys, shirts, hats, and much more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As they gear up to play the Houston Rockets (37-21) on Saturday, Feb. 28 at Kaseya Center, with&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":629508,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[3794],"tags":[7,55906,292,194,4066,736,189,6,55552,2666,211],"class_list":{"0":"post-629507","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston-rockets","8":"tag-basketball","9":"tag-ds-sports","10":"tag-houston","11":"tag-houston-rockets","12":"tag-houstonrockets","13":"tag-men","14":"tag-miami-heat","15":"tag-nba","16":"tag-nba-preview","17":"tag-professional","18":"tag-rockets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/116146011132579543","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629507","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=629507"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/629507\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/629508"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=629507"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=629507"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=629507"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}