Whiteside’s return helps Heat top Mavericks: Fury has been building in Hassan Whiteside for a while, and he let all of it out Wednesday against the Mavericks. Back from a strained oblique muscle that kept him out two weeks, the idea was merely to let Whiteside test the injury and see if he was ready for a full workload. It went far beyond that. -- The Palm Beach Post
Hassan Whiteside to come off bench tonight at Dallas: Heat center Hassan Whiteside is back, but not fully back. He will return tonight against the Mavericks, but coach Erik Spoelstra is mostly using this as a chance to test out his health after missing six games with a strained left oblique muscle.