“His is son is OK, he’s fine”, coach Erik Spoelstra said during his pregame media briefing.
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The Heat have won back-to-back games at home with the latest being a 101-88 victory over the Los Angeles Lakers. The schedule-maker has not been kind to the Jazz so far, as this marks the team’s SIXTH road game in its first eight. Miami and Utah feature two of the best defensive centers in the league in Hassan Whiteside and Rudy Gobert, who both rank in the top three in the league in blocked shots.
The Jazz are sitting at 4-3 after Tuesday’s 118-114 loss in Cleveland.
Hayward started the season off slow but has picked up his play as of late and leads the Jazz in scoring with 15.7 points per game.
Beno Udrih and Jarnell Stokes, the players acquired from the Memphis Grizzlies in Tuesday’s trade for Mario Chalmers and James Ennis, were available against the Jazz.
Point guard Goran Dragic, who re-signed with the Heat during the offseason, has struggled out of the gates with averages of 10.1 points and 4.0 assists per game.
Thursday will be the second game of a four-game road trip for Utah.
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The Heat take on the Utah Jazz at 7:30 p.m.at the American Airlines Arena.
