Dragic on rough season: If we’re winning, I’m fine

It has been a year full of inconsistencies for theHeat.

There have already been six-game and five-game losing skids for the Heat this season, along with six-game and five-game winning streaks.

Some of that has to do with the uniqueness of a season that’s being played in the middle of a pandemic. But it’s also connected to the various injuries and

Heat guard Goran Dragic has been in and out of the lineup due to injuries, but he’s focused on contributing to the remainder of the season and playoffs.

protocol-related absences the Heat has endured along the way.

“Nothing surprises me anymore, so you just need to be focused on one goal and that’s to do our job,” guard Goran Dragic said in advance of Tuesday night’s game against the Phoenix Suns at Phoenix Suns Arena. “It doesn’t matter how hard it is. It’s tough to see players in and

out with injuries or protocols and everything, but it’s part of the business right now at this time.”

Dragic, who turns 35 on May 6, has been one of the Heat’s key players who has been in and out of the lineup for a chunk of games mainly because of injuries. He has missed 19 games this season — two because of the NBA’s health and safety protocols, three because of a left groin strain, nine because of a sprained left ankle, four because of lower back spasms, and another on the second night of a backto-back set to rest his lower back a few games after returning from spasms.

“It has been challenging, but, still, you have to con