Miami Heat reserve forward expected to play Friday night against Indiana Pacers. Nikola Jovic suffered a reduced septum against Detroit, Tuesday night.

Jovic has been in the starting lineup since the second half of last season, where he was in the power forward spot in the front court alongside Bam Adebayo. While he was there Wednesday night, he would not start the second half as Erik Spoelstra opted for Haywood Highsmith, who had an impressive game against the Suns.

After making the winning basket in the closing seconds Sunday, the Miami Heat are expecting moments as such from Nikola Jovic

With Duncan Robinson inbounding the ball, he found Nikola Jovic streaking into space off a back screen set by Terry Rozier. Jovic caught the inbounds pass and made the layup while being fouled by Nickeil Alexander-Walker to tie the score with 7.8 seconds remaining.

Forward Nikola Jovic had the best game in a Miami Heat uniform this season.  Jovic made the tying layup and go-ahead foul shot with 7.8 seconds left as the Heat

Nikola Jovic made the tying layup and go-ahead foul shot with 7.8 seconds left to send the Miami Heat past the Minnesota Timberwolves 95-94 and stop their three-game losing streak.

On a night when the Heat lacked much in the way of offense, they found points when needed most, with forward Nikola Jovic, on a night he was moved to the bench, closing the scoring on a driving layup that turned into a 3-point play with 7.8 seconds to play.