Heat center Jermaine O'Neal may have to leave the team to deal with a family issue.
He rushed back from a family emergency to play in Friday night's game against the Wizards and says that the situation could have him back in South Carolina in the coming days.
O'Neal's uncle is seriously ill.
"It could be a situation where it could take me away from the team," he said on Saturday.
The situation is compounded by the fact that the Heat will begin a four-game western road-trip on Tuesday.
"We're going to take it day by day," O'Neal said. "I'm going to try to stay here as long as I can and do my job, and, if needed, go back to South Carolina and be with my family."