Whiteside will be listed as day-to-day, the Heat
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Typically, the recovery time for a mild MCL sprain can be a couple of weeks -
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The severity of Whiteside's injury is not known. Curry's was a Grade 1 sprain, which is defined as slight.
The Heat are surely hoping that
http://www.officialcoyotesproshop.com/Womens_Youth_Shane_Doan_Jersey Whiteside falls into the quicker category. They trail the Toronto Raptors 2-1 in their Eastern Conference semifinal series, which resumes with Game 4 in Miami on Monday night.
Whiteside was hurt with 10:54 left in the second quarter of Game 3
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Toronto's Kyle Lowry was called for a loose-ball foul on the play, after he got caught pulling Whiteside's arm. As Whiteside awkwardly fell backward once he lost his balance, it appeared
http://www.officialbluesteamshop.com/Womens_Youth_Marcel_Goc_Jerseyhis right knee was inadvertently hit from the side by the Raptors' Cory Joseph and from the back by Heat teammate Luol Deng.
Whiteside quickly grabbed at the top of his shin bone, just below the kneecap. He was helped up after about 10 seconds, went to the Heat bench and then hobbled to the locker room.
It didn't take long for the Heat to announce that his night was over.
And now the waiting game begins to see if he returns at any point in the series.
''We can't relax at all, honestly,'' said Toronto's DeMar DeRozan, when asked after Game 3 how the potential loss of Whiteside could affect the remainder of the series. ''They've got a lot of veterans on this team who can step up and have been in these type of situations. So we can't relax or think that we're going to have it easier. We still have to take it with the same approach.''
