Beno Udrih, the Miami Heat’s backup point guard, has a tear in the connective tissue on the bottom of his right foot and faces three months of rehabilitation after he has surgery to correct the problem.
It is a doubly tough blow to the Heat, who are running low on players.
The team announced the diagnosis of a torn plantar plate on Wednesday, one day after it was revealed that Udrih faced season-ending surgery. He was hurt in an overtime win over Indiana on Monday, on a play that looked innocuous at the time. An X-ray taken that night ruled out a fracture, but on Tuesday a magnetic resonance imaging test showed the tear and the need for surgery.