The Miami Heat are in desperate need of a victory Tuesday night against the San Antonio Spurs, which has Coach Erik Spoelstra left with just two solutions for his team, according to USA Today.
The first, is for his players to play their best when the bright lights are on. The stage is set for LeBron James, Dwyane Wade and Chris Bosh to have strong performances in a crucial Game 6 as the Heat now have their backs against the wall if they want to extend the NBA Finals to a seventh game against the San Antonio Spurs.
The second, Spoelstra says "everything is on the table" in a must-win game, and being down 3-2 to the Spurs, Tuesday's game is their biggest must-win of the season. That means most players are available to play and the probability of lineup changes increases.
The lineup changes have fluctuated throughout the playoffs for Spoelstra. Examples would be in power forwards Udonis Haslem and Chris Andersen's minutes, being that they played more in the earlier rounds of the playoffs opposed to the finals. Small forward Mike Miller saw his minutes increase near the end of the Eastern Conference finals against the Indiana Pacers and has started in the last two games in replace of Haslem against the Spurs.
Miller gave the Heat the shooting boost the Heat needed in the first three game of the series, making nine of 10 three-pointers. He made his first start in Game 4, and drew enough attention from defenders, that it allowed James, Wade and Bosh to force their will in the paint in the Heat's win.
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