The Miami Heat Make a Starting Lineup Change

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The Miami Heat have struggled at the start of this season entering tonight’s contest at a measly 3-9 on the year. This has sparked a lot of doubt on the team and honestly for good reason. They have not lived up to their standards nor what they thought this team could be. Though it is still early in the season, as tonight is just the 10th game of the year, it was clear changes needed to be made. Heat head coach Erik Speolstra has realized this and made a lineup change for tonight’s game against the Sacramento Kings

The Miami Heat Change the Starting Lineup

The starting lineup for the Miami Heat has been the same for the first 9 games but due to the lackluster start a change has been made. Andrw Wiggins has been replaced by Pelle Larsson in the starting five. This means the starters are now Davion Mitchell, Klay Thompson, Giannis Antetkounmpo, Bam Adebayo, and Larsson.

Though this lineup has only played limited minutes together this year, the metrics massively favor this group over the previous lineup. Larsson fits well with the other starters and helps both sides of the ball significantly.

One of the reasons is his shooting...