Dealing with some groin tightness, guard Tyler Herro, who turned 25 on Monday and is averaging a team-best 24 points this season, was sidelined for the Miami Heat, as they fell, 116-107, to the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night at the Kaseya Center.

On Tuesday evening, the Miami Heat will host the Portland Trail Blazers in Florida. For the game, they could be without one of their best players, as Tyler Herro has been added to the injury report. Herro is averaging 24.

Anfernee Simons scored a game-high 24 points and Deandre Ayton added 22 points and 15 rebounds as the Portland Trail Blazers outran the host Miami Heat 116-107 on Tuesday night.

Heat guard Tyler Herro will be sidelined for Miami’s game against the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night because of groin tightness.

A new challenge. A new lineup. A new distraction. Add it all up and it turned into a new definition of disappointment for the Miami Heat.

Five takeaways from the Miami Heat’s 116-107 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night at Kaseya Center to close its three-game homestand at 1-2 and fall back to .500. The Heat (21-21) now hits the road to begin a two-game trip on Thursday against the Milwaukee Bucks:

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The Trail Blazers have overcome an early deficit to take the lead back in this one. They have a bit of a cushion as they currently lead the Heat 97-77. The Trail Blazers came into the contest with some extra motivation after the defeat they were dealt the last time these two teams faced off.

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Ware has risen to 34th in the NBA in rebounds per 36 minutes, at 10.6. That’s tied with teammate Bam Adebayo and more than Cleveland’s Evan Mobley, Boston’s Jayson Tatum, Indiana’s Myles Turner, Minnesota’s Julius Randle and the Lakers’ LeBron James, among hundreds of others.

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Orlando will aim to stop its three-game road skid when the Magic play Miami. The teams meet Monday for the first time this season.