In the moment, the gravity was difficult to discern. On one hand, in this case the right hand, Tyler Herro was in considerable anguish. On the other hand, he still was ambulatory and able enough to launch a successful 3-pointer in the waning seconds of the first half of Sunday’s 130-117 Miami Heat victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
It was only after the fact, after the Heat retreated to the locker room at the intermission, that they realized the stakes — two broken fingers on Herro’s shooting hand that could sideline the fourth–year guard for weeks if not months.
“He was in so much pain, but I didn’t really know what it was.” coach Erik Spoelstra said, his team up 1-0 in the best-of-seven opening-round Eastern Conference playoff series that continues at 9 p.m. Wednesday at Fiserv Forum. “A lot of times you jam a finger or this or that and you get a stinger on the elbow, and then it kind of wears off after 30 seconds. So I didn’t burn the timeout there because things were moving kind of fast and I couldn’t even understand what he was saying.
