Kevin Love (illness) out Thursday for Heat second leg

Miami Heat forward/center Kevin Love (illness) is out for Thursday's game against the Boston Celtics.

What It Means:

Love will miss the second leg of Miami's back-to-back due to an illness. He was also limited to five minutes on Wednesday versus the Memphis Grizzlies for the same reason. Nikola Jovic could return to the rotation after not playing on Wednesday night. Thomas Bryant is also in line for more minutes.

Per numberFire's NBA Heat Map, the Heat have the second-worst implied total (108.0) out of 14 active teams on Thursday.