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Heat Central: Pelle Larsson says he’s getting a lot more comfortable with the ball in his hands: “Im getting a lot more comfortable of sometimes running and sometimes coming back to the ball for handling and distributing. — The slow step helps, playing off two feet helps. But I think you just have to read if you can score and if not you got to kick it out”
Eric Nehm: FINAL: Heat 145, Pacers 125 - Antetokounmpo 31pts/17reb/10ast - Adebayo 27pts/9reb/3ast - Thompson 25pts/3ast - Larsson 18pts/3reb/3ast - Mitchell 15pts/6reb/11ast - Wiggins 12pts The Heat are now 2-4 on the season. They start a 5-game West Coast trip on Monday vs. the Lakers.
Ethan J. Skolnick on Kyrie Irving: “He’s a guy who wants to play in a place he’s confortable. All indications are this would be a place he’d be confortable, but again, is this kind of the last all-in move? My thought is, I don't think anything is imminent. I think the Heat are going to let this play out a little bit. I think they’re gonna see, ok, can Larsson can make the leap? When we were work Conwell into the rotation, what does he give us?”
Eric Nehm: FINAL: Mavericks 113, Heat 109 - Antetokounmpo 29pts/15reb/11ast - Mitchell 21pts/2ast/3stl - Wiggins 12pts/3reb - Larsson 12pts/4ast The Heat are now 0-4, continuing to look for answers to try to get into the win column. They play again on Wednesday in Atlanta.
Heat Central: Pelle Larsson admits the Heat’s energy and effort has been LOW to start the season: “It’s early… Half the team is new. It’s a whole new dynamic. That just takes a little time. But you always have to have your effort and energy and that’s been kinda of low because we’ve been to careful with each other and tiptoeing with each other a little bit. Waiting for the next guy to make the plays”
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Ira Winderman: All Heat players listed as available for Monday night vs. visiting Mavericks. Pelle Larsson again listed as probable with a sprained finger on his left hand, having played through that on Saturday night in Charlotte.
Ira Winderman: Pelle Larsson listed as probable for Heat tonight in Charlotte with a left finger sprain. He is the only player on the team’s injury report.
Eric Nehm: The Miami Heat injury report for Wednesday’s season opener vs. Minnesota: Questionable: Vladislav Goldin (right ankle sprain) Available: Myron Gardner (right ankle sprain) Dru Smith (right calf strain) Pelle Larsson (illness) will not be listed on the injury report.
“Not sure really, just been having headaches. So I caught something when we were in Quebec, or on the way back, or something,” Larsson said of the Heat’s Oct. 3 exhibition opener against the Toronto Raptors. “So since then I didn’t feel right, and took some days off, came back, just came back a little too quick, didn’t respect it, maybe, and tried to tough it out. And now, just taking it slower.”
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“I don’t know, it’s hard to say, because I was feeling fine, and then, once my heart rate got up, my head started hurting again,” he said, with the Heat not identifying the illness, with NBA injury reports not required during the preseason. “So right now I’m just taking it slow, step-by-step, and can’t really put a percentage on it.”
Eric Nehm: Pelle Larsson missed some practices before Miami's last preseason game on Saturday and then left that game early after playing 25 minutes. Larsson talked with reporters today and here is what he said when asked about the illness he's been dealing with: "Not sure, really. Just been having headaches, so I caught something when we were in Quebec or on the way back or something. Since then, I didn't feel right and took some days off, came back. And just came back a little too quick. Didn't respect it maybe. Tried to tough it out and now just taking it slower."
Eric Nehm: Asked if he would play against Brooklyn on Wednesday, Larsson didn't answer the question directly, but said they're just taking it slow. "I've had headaches. I had it pretty much constant for a week. Today was the first day I didn't wake up with a headache, so it's been 24-7."
Ira Winderman: No practice today for Pelle Larsson due to illness.
