Key faces already marginalized by Miami

The Miami Heat (0-1) will face the Charlotte Hornets (1-1) on Saturday night at the Spectrum Center.

A healthy LaMelo Ball is sweeping teams to start the regular season, recording over 32 points in each of the Hornets’ first two matchups. Meanwhile, the Heat were embarrassed in their debut against their Florida counterpart, the Orlando Magic.

In just the second game, the Heat are already missing some key faces for different reasons.

Here is the full injury report from Saturday night:

HEAT

Josh Christopher: Available – Right Big Toe Bruise

Kevin Love: Out – Personal reasons

Kel’el Ware: Out – Stomach Disease

Josh Richardson: Questionable – Left Heel Enthesopathy

HORNETS

DaQuan Jeffries: Out – Hand

Brandon Miller: Out – Glute

Mark Williams: Out – Foot

Tidjane Salaun: Questionable – Finger

Heat All-Star center Bam Adebayo, who is ready to face Charlotte, shared his thoughts on the loss to the Magic.

“We played badly. It’s really nothing compared to that. I mean, that’s the simplest I can make it. It’s embarrassing, especially on a night like this for Godfather Riley,” Adebayo said. “For us, it’s a short-term memory, I know it’s the beginning of the season, but we don’t want to create this as a ‘getting used to be thing. . “For us, it’s victory or misery.”