As the Miami Heat lost to the Detroit Pistons on Saturday night, 138-135, there was a key absence in the game that caused a change to the lineups and rotation in Jaime Jaquez Jr ., thriving in his third season. While Jaquez brings clarity to the Heat off the bench, he was out for Saturday's game, but his recent thoughts on the injury are ones that fans will be excited about.

Though missing practice on Friday due to a right groin strain that eventually kept him out for Saturday's outing, he would return to practice on Sunday. According to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald, he would say he's “very hopeful” to return for Monday night's game against the Los Angeles Clippers.

With that good news, and being upgraded to “questionable” for Monday's game, he spoke after Sunday's practi

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