NBA: Heat’s Whiteside ‘questionable’ with sprained right knee

TORONTO, ON – MAY 03: Hassan Whiteside #21 of the Miami Heat injures his knee in the first half of Game One of the Eastern Conference Semifinals against the Toronto Raptors during the 2016 NBA Playoffs at the Air Canada Centre on May 3, 2016 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. NOTE TO USER: User expressly acknowledges and agrees that, by downloading and or using this photograph, User is consenting to the terms and conditions of the Getty Images License Agreement. Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images/AFP

LOS ANGELES, United States (AFP) — Center Hassan Whiteside has a sprained ligament in his right knee and is questionable for Monday’s game four of the Miami Heat’s second round playoff series against the Toronto Raptors.

Whiteside was diagnosed with the injury after an MRI exam on Sunday, one day after Whiteside left game three against the Raptors.

Miami officially listed Whiteside as day-to-day but released few other details of the injury.

Depending on the seriousness it can sideline a player for two weeks or longer.

“He had an MRI today,” coach Erik Spoelstra said. “It went as well as could be expected.

“Where my mind was, where Hassan’s mind was leaving the building last night, that’s about the best news that we could have. He’s day-to-day and he’s just going to be doing treatment, a lot of rest.”

Whiteside reinjured his knee during the second quarter of Saturday’s game after originally spraining the knee during the opening game of the series.

Toronto leads the series two games to one.

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