After X-rays on Jovic's injured right arm returned negative on Monday night, an MRI on Tuesday also came back clean. The Heat has labeled Jovic as day-to-day with a "right elbow contusion/laceration."

MIAMI — A season that had become a waiting game will continue to be that way for Miami Heat forward Nikola Jovic, now sidelined by an elbow injury suffered in Monday night’s loss to the Toronto Raptor...

However, he would only play 12 seconds, as when trying to dunk the ball, he landed hard out of bounds, right on his arm and more specifically his elbow.