The Charlotte Hornets will be entering game three of their series against the Miami Heat without their second leading scorer in Nicolas Batum. He will be out with a left ankle injury and his return for the rest of the first round isn’t clear. Someone will need to step up and fill Nic’s role in the starting line-up.
Head Coach, Steve Clifford, hasn’t named a replacement in the starting line-up but it will likely be between Jeremy Lin and Frank Kaminsky. It depends if he wants to go with a big unit or a small one.