Heat's Lowry out for Game 6 vs. 76ers, Embiid questionable

Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry continues to deal with a nagging hamstring injury. Bill Streicher-USA TODAY Sports

Heat guard Kyle Lowry out for Game 6 vs. 76ers, Joel Embiid questionable

By Chelena Goldman | Last updated 5/12/22

Miami Heat guard Kyle Lowry has officially been ruled out of Thursday's Game 6 matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers because of a lingering hamstring injury.

Kyle Lowry is out for Game 6 tonight... #MIAvsPHI

He's scored a total of 31 points this postseason.

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— MaximBet (@MaximBetUSA) May 12, 2022

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra deemed Lowry day-to-day ahead of Game 5 on Tuesday and said he wouldn't require an MRI.

Lowry initially injured his left hamstring in the first round of the NBA Playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks, then re-aggravated it on a bizarre play against Philly in Game 4 of the conference semifinals last week.

Kyle Lowry just flopped himself into reaggravating his injurypic.twitter.com/pp3h6xhppS
— Barstool Philly (@BarstoolPhilly) May 9, 2022

The Heat have a 3-2 lead in the semifinal series, but the team will still have the big playmaker on the sidelines when they visit the Sixers on Thursday and try to advance to the conference finals. Philadelphia, on the other hand, will try to push the series to a Game 7 with big man Joel Embiid questionable to play.

Sixers vs Heat Game 6 Injury Report:

Sixers:
-Joel Embiid: Quest (face)
-Matisse Thybulle: Quest (foot)
-Isaiah Joe: Quest (ankle)

Heat:
-Kyle Lowry: OUT (hamstring)

Herro, Strus, Tucker, Vincent, and Martin are all listed as questionable but expected to play
— Sean Barnard (@Sean_Barnard1) May 12, 2022

Tipoff for Game 6 is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. ET.

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