2023 NBA Finals: Ranking Denver Nuggets, Miami Heat rotation players

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16. Kevin Love (Miami Heat)

In the playoffs, Kevin Love has averaged 6.9 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. He is shooting just 37.9% from the field but has been productive from deep hitting 36.8% from 3. Love has been a DNP the last two games for the Heat, as Miami has elected to go small. He was also banged up some in the Conference Finals as well.

Love averaged 7.7 points, 5.7 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game in 21 contests for the Heat in the regular season after coming over mid-season off the buyout market. Are you ready for a crazy Kevin Love stat? Kevin Love has made it to the NBA Finals every time he has made the playoffs (2015-2018, 2023)

15. Max Strus (Miami Heat)

It wasn’t quite the year he had last year, but Max Strus is still a very dangerous shooter. In the playoffs, Strus is averaging 10.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, and one assist per game on 45.2%/35.9%/81% shooting splits.

In the regular season, Strus averaged 11.5 points, 3.2 rebounds, and 2.1 assists per game (making 33 starts across 80 appearances). He shot 41% from the field, 35% from deep, and 87.6% from the line on the year. Again, speaking to how dangerous Strus can be from deep, he hit four or more 3’s on 22 occasions during the regular season (and has done so twice in the playoffs so far). He also hit eight 3’s in a game back in November.

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