Getting Used To Playing Without Key Players Has Been For the Miami Heat

The Miami Heat have done a solid job with adjustments and adversity this season
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The Miami Heat have proven they can win without key players. 

On Thursday, they defeated the Brooklyn Nets despite Jimmy Butler, P.J. Brown and Kyle Lowry being out of the lineup. It's been that way throughout most of the season because the amount of players sidelined. 

The Heat are so good at it because it's become the norm. All they do is adjust. It has been the main reason why they've been able to sustain their success this season. 

"We've been doing that the whole season," center Bam Adebayo said. "This isn't like it's been two games. I missed six weeks and we're still winning and I come back and we're still the No. 1 seed. Jimmy goes out and we're still winning. PJ goes out and we're still winning. Kyle goes out and we're still winning. It just shows the level of commitment that all of us have to this team."

The goal for the Heat is it helps them adjust to unfortunate circumstances during the postseason. It could be beneficial because injuries and absences are part of the game. 

The Heat return to action Saturday against the Philadelphia 76ers at FTX Arena. 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here