Heat’s Tyler Herro suffers broken right hand in Game 1 vs. Bucks. The latest on his status

Miami Heat starting guard Tyler Herro broke his right hand late in the first half of Sunday’s playoff game against the Milwaukee Bucks.

Herro suffered the injury while diving for a loose ball in the final minute of the first half of Game 1 of the Heat’s first-round series against the Bucks at Fiserv Forum. Herro immediately attempted to head to the locker room, but remained on the court for the final seconds of the second quarter until the halftime buzzer sounded.

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At halftime, the Heat announced that Herro broke his right hand. A broken hand takes weeks to heal, which means his availability for the rest of playoffs is now in serious doubt.

According to a league source, Herro broke his right hand in two places. TNT’s Chris Haynes reported that Herro is expected to miss the next four to six weeks, a timetable that would keep him sidelined through at least the first two rounds of the playoffs.

“He’s not going to play the next game and we’ll just figure it out,” coach Erik Spoelstra said of Herro following the Heat’s 130-117 Game 1 win over the Bucks on Sunday.

When asked about not calling a timeout to pull Herro from the game in the final minute of the first half, Spoelstra said: “He was in so much pain, but I didn’t really know what it was. A lot of times you jam a finger or this or that and you get a stinger on the elbow, and then it kind of wears off after 30 seconds. So I didn’t burn the timeout there because things were moving kind of fast and I couldn’t even understand what he was saying. I’ve had enough of those where it isn’t something and you’re able to run down and guys say they’re OK. But clearly he was not.”

Herro recorded 12 points on 5-of-9 shooting from the field and 2-of-4 shooting from three-point range in 19 first-half minutes before leaving the game.

The Heat opened the second half with Duncan Robinson in Herro’s starting spot.

Milwaukee Bucks superstar Giannis Antetokounmpo also exited Sunday’s game early, playing just 11 minutes before missing the rest of the game because of a lower back contusion.

“There was an X-ray that was clear here,” Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer said of Antetokounmpo. “So we’ll monitor him, see how he wakes up and see how he feels the rest of tonight and tomorrow.”