MIAMI — With Kyle Lowry to miss a fourth consecutive playoff game with a strained left hamstring, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Tuesday that the team is not basing the veteran point guard’s status on where the team stands in a series.
“We’re not basing any of these decisions on whether we’re winning or losing,” Spoelstra said after the team’s practice, ahead of Wednesday’s 7:30 p.m. Game 2 against the Philadelphia 76ers. “This is what we think is best right now.”
The Heat lead the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinals series 1-0 after Monday night’s 106-92 victory.
