Should Miami Heat Stay With Kevin Love In Starting Lineup?

Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra switched things up by inserting Kevin Love in the starting lineup in place of Duncan Robinson Saturday in Game 3 against the Milwaukee Bucks.

With the Heat in position to take control of the series, Spoelstra has another decision: does he stay with Love or go back to Robinson?

He was non-committal about tonight's plan but it likely comes down to if Bucks star Giannis Antetokounmpo plays or not. He is listed as questionable on the injury report after missing the past two games with a back injury.

Robinson was serviceable his first game as a starter in place of the injured Tyler Herro but flourished with 20 points off the bench in Game 3.

"There's a lot of different levers to this," Spoelstra said. "With G.A. out, it creates something different. With Tyler out, it creates something different. Until you actually go through something you don't really know necessarily what the best course of action is. We just felt like this made the most sense, to start out a little bit bigger to try to protect the paint, rebound better and impose our will physically a little bit more."

Spoelstra, the NBA's second-longest tenured coach behind Gregg Popovich, has enough experience to know to adjustments are the biggest factor in a playoff series.

"It worked [in Game 3]," Spoelstra said. "This is what the playoffs are all about. When you're in a long series, you're always trying to see who can blink first and who can impose their game more consistently."

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