Miami Heat point guard Goran Dragic missed Sunday’s game against the Indiana
Pacers because of an orbital contusion in his right eye.
Dragic took an inadvertent elbow from Toronto’s Cory Joseph in the third quarter
of Saturday’s win against the Raptors, and the condition worsened overnight to
the point that he could not see out of his right eye on Sunday.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra cracked that “I was less than half joking this morning
about cutting the eye so he could see like Rocky. Everyone is calling him Rocky
Drago. He really wanted to play. But the smart thing to do is to sit him and
hopefully the swelling will be down by [the Heat’s next game] Wednesday” against
New Orleans.
Without Dragic, the Heat lost to the Pacers 102-98.
Heat doctors have assured the team’s leading scorer that there will be no
long-term damage in the eye.
