Erik Spoelstra is no stranger to tinkering with his team’s lineups late in a Miami Heat campaign.
A recent move that comes to mind and yielded success was when he inserted Goran Dragic in the starting unit over Kendrick Nunn for the 2020 NBA Playoffs in the bubble.
While that was partially influenced by Nunn’s regression in performance following the extended covid break, it was evident that Spo, as he usually does, trusted his gut, which at that point was to lean on the veteran leadership, experience, and scoring prowess of Dragic, who spent the regular season coming off the bench before starting the games that mattered most.