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Hornets Provide Injury Update on Tidjane Salaün; Grant Williams Set to Return vs. Heat
- Grant Williams will return for the Hornets off the bench against the Heat, marking a key rotation boost.
- Tidjane Salaûn is listed with a calf injury, keeping him out of the Hornets' frontline rotation.
- Salaûn left the game vs. the Mavericks with his leg bending awkwardly after a play in the paint.
- The Hornets' rotation will be thinner up front in this matchup due to Salaûn's injury status.
- The Heat will be without Norman Powell, Simone Fontecchio, Nikola Jovic, and possibly Andrew Wiggins, per the update.
- The Hornets and Heat are set for a 7:10 PM ET tip, with streaming on FanDuel Sports Network Southeast and TV on WSOC.
- Williams has averaged 7.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, and 1.8 assists per game this season, with notable scoring against Houston.
- In the recent win over the Mavericks, Williams posted 12 points on 4-of-6 shooting, all from three-point range.
- Tidjane Salaûn's injury was diagnosed as calf-related, not knee, per the Hornets update.
- Schuyler Callihan reports from West Virginia On SI that this update comes ahead of a key playoff-positioning matchup.
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