There was no waiting game for Kyle Lowry on Tuesday morning, no Game 5 for the veteran Miami Heat point guard on Tuesday night.

Rather than hold off on  decision with Lowry’s balky left hamstring, the Heat announced at their gameday shootaround that Lowry would sit out for the third time in this best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series against the Philadelphia 76ers.

Initially injured April 22 in the Heat’s Game 3 loss during the opening round of the playoffs against the Atlanta Hawks, Lowry missed the final two games of that series that the Heat won 4-1, as well as the first two games of this series against the 76ers.

After the Heat won the first two games against the 76ers at FTX Arena, Lowry returned to play in the Heat’s two losses in Philadelphia, struggling with his shooting and mobility.

He reaggravated the strain in the Sunday’s Game 4 loss at Wells Fargo Center that left the series tied 2-2 going into Tuesday night’s Game 5.

Gabe Vincent started in the four playoff games Lowry initially missed, with the Heat winning all four.

Lowry, 36, is completing the first year of a three-year, $85 million contract he signed in August as part of a sign-and-trade transaction that sent Goran Dragic and Precious Achiuwa to the Toronto Raptors.

This story will be updated.

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