Orlando Magic center Goga Bitadze participated in the team's Monday morning shootaround. Then, a little more than three hours before tipoff Monday night in Miami, Bitadze cleared concussion ...

Starting again while filling in for Bitadze, however, Carter averaged a near double-double with 11.2 points and 9.8 rebounds to go with 2.8 assists and 1.2 steals during 30.6 minutes the last six ...

Though he had started in each of his prior 33 appearances, Bitadze was deployed as the backup center behind Wendell Carter on Monday as he made his return from a six-game absence due to a concussion.