After testing his injured ankle in a workout Thursday morning, Gabe Vincent decided he wasn’t feeling good enough to play in tonight’s Eastern Conference finals game.
Vincent was initially listed as questionable with a left ankle sprain he sustained in the fourth quarter of the Miami Heat’s Game 4 loss to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday but has been officially ruled out for Thursday night’s Game 5 in Boston. The Heat enter the matchup with a 3-1 lead in the series, needing just one win to advance to the NBA Finals.
As the starting point guard, Vincent has been an important part of Miami’s playoff run and is averaging the third-most points (13.