"Miami Heat center Jermaine O'Neal was inactive for Saturday night's game against the Charlotte Bobcats at American Airlines Arena due to a sprained left ankle.O'Neal was injured during the second half of Thursday's overtime loss to the Orlando Magic.
It was the sixth game O'Neal has missed this season, the fourth due to injury, but just the first since Feb. 1 against the Milwaukee Bucks."He knows his body as well as anybody," coach Erik Spoelstra said. "And he knows that this opportunity is right now, for this team. He wants to be out there every minute that he can be out there.
"You have to be cautious as well as being aggressive and understanding this team needs you. His ankle did swell up the other night. He did a lot of treatment the last 24 hours. It happened, the second half. You could see it. He stepped on somebody's foot and he was limping pretty much the fourth quarter and overtime.
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