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Heat's regular starters stuck in the middle, stuck in the mud, lacking legs early
1 month ago | By Boston Herald
The metrics say the Miami Heat's preferred starting lineup is stuck in the middle. There is a 10-11 record when the unit starts and a middling 2.7 positive net rating.
But based on recent starts by the unit of Bam Adebayo, Caleb Martin, Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro and Kyle Lowry, it's also as if the group has been stuck in the mud.
Thursday night, the Heat were down 10 to the New York Knicks before their first substitutions, and then that starting five went scoreless for the first 4:56 of the third period to fall behind by 14 in what turned into a 106-104 loss at Madison Square Garden.
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