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We sure do need to beat the dirty birds as the other 2 teams have dominated us this year.Trust spo and riles to have a winning game plan in place for this game then on to burn the bums from Boston.

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Every team has a "punchers chance" specially if its just a one game duel. So these birdies has exactly that. A chance. But for this list here, thanks Matt! we look better, if not far better than Atl. Go Heat!

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Really great insights in here Matt, I'm excited for Tuesday's matchup. I think we'll see a bigger dose of Lowry and Oladipo moving forward for defense alone, especially if the Celtics are on the docket. But very curious how Spo alters the rotation opponent to opponent. Hard to forget about Duncan's masterful game 1 against the Hawks last time around, so I wouldn't be surprised to see him occasionally.

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I thought long & hard about putting Duncan in the last tier, in all honesty; I don’t disagree that he could definitely provide a spark, maybe even more so than Zeller/Highsmith. But he’s also been in a very tough spot all year with the shortest of leashes. It will absolutely depend on the opponent/situation (i.e. Strus foul trouble), like you mentioned.

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