New Orleans forward Brandon Ingram suffered a knee injury and was ejected in the third quarter of Thursday’s loss to Orlando. Ingram joins a total of five Pelicans players on the absent list on Friday’s official injury report ahead of a 7 p.m. game against Central in Miami (Bally Sports, WRNO 99.5 FM). That group includes Ingram (left knee contusion), Dyson Daniels (left knee meniscectomy), Malcolm Hill (G League two-way), EJ Liddell (G League transfer), and DeLeon Seabron (G League). League Two Way) included.
Miami lists starting center and third-leading scorer Bam Adebayo (back) as questionable. Three players who played in the Heat’s win at Smoothie King Center on Feb. 23 are absent, including second-leading scorer Tyler Herro (foot), Duncan Robinson (back) and Kevin Love. (heel) is included.
Starting lineup from last game
New Orleans (42 wins, 27 losses, 5th place in the West)
CJ McCollum, Herb Jones, Brandon Ingram, Zion Williamson, Jonas Valanciunas
Miami (38-31, 7th in the East)
Wednesday’s win over Cleveland
Patty Mills, Terry Rozier, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic, Thomas Bryant
February 23: Miami 106, New Orleans 95
March 22: Miami, 7pm (Gray Sports)
