With the return of Hassan Whiteside and Bam Adebayo from the injured list Thursday night, coach Erik Spoelstra had the rare opportunity against the Bulls to formulate a rotation only missing Dion Waiters.
That’s only happened two other times since Waiters had season-ending ankle injury on Dec. 22: both home games against Philadelphia over the past month.
The first time, Wayne Ellington and Tyler Johnson each missed time after leaving a 102-101 win over the Sixers on Feb. 27 with quad injuries. The next time, a 108-99 win over Philly on March 8, no one left the game injured for the Heat, but Whiteside sustained a strained hip flexor at shootaround hours before Miami’s next game, a 129-102 blowout of the Wizards on March 10.