The Miami Heat host the Atlanta Hawks on Monday, and while the team will get back starting center Hassan Whiteside, point guard Goran Dragic is still out of the lineup.

Whiteside is feeling better after missing three games in a row due to a hip strain. Dragic, meanwhile, is still dealing with a sore calf and will miss his second consecutive game on Monday.

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Miami is coming off a 117-88 win against the Brooklyn Nets. The Heat enter Monday with a record of 28-34, which is good for 10th place in the Eastern Conference standings. Every game for the rest of the season is critical for Miami if they want to make the postseason in Dwyane Wade's final season in the NBA.

Whiteside is averaging 12.9 points, 12.3 rebounds and 2.1 blocks per game this season for Heat in 53 games. The 29-year-old is shooting 55.5 percent from the field and has recorded 30 double-doubles. He's still a polarizing player in South Beach, but the Heat are nonetheless happy he's playing on Monday versus Atlanta.

Dragic has only played in 18 games this season for the Heat after undergoing right knee surgery in December. The 32-year-old lefty is averaging 15.3 points, 2.8 rebounds and 4.3 assists and shooting 41.9 percent from the floor, 33.3 percent from the 3-point line and 82.1 percent from beyond the arc.