Miami Heat point guard Kyle Lowry will remain sidelined with a left hamstring injury for Game 1 (Wednesday morning PHT) against the Boston Celtics in their Eastern Conference finals series.
Lowry did not play in Miami’s final two games of its conference semifinals series against the Philadelphia 76ers. But no Lowry, no problem for the Heat as they cruised to a 99-90 victory in Game 6 to advance to the East finals.
The veteran guard reinjured his left hamstring in the first half of Game 4 against the Sixers, which the Heat lost 116-108. He had missed four straight playoff games before Game 3 of the series vs. Philadelphia with a strained left hamstring.
Lowry has struggled in the playoffs overall, averaging 6.2 points, 3.6 rebounds and 5.2 assists per game — down from his regular-season average of 13.4 ppg, 4.5 rpg and 7.5 apg.
He missed four games earlier in the postseason because of the hamstring problem, then aggravated it in Miami’s Game 4 loss. Lowry continued playing through much of that game, limping at times and finishing 3 for 10 from the floor, 0 for 6 on 3-pointers.
Information from The Associated Press was used in this report.
