The Miami Heat lost again on Wednesday night, falling to the San Antonio Spurs 112-107 to drop to 0-3 in the preseason. Unlike Miami's first two preseason games, where the starters gave the Heat the lead before the reserves coughed it up, it was the starting five that had a rough night, with four of the starters having a +/- of at least minus 15.
But it's the 5th starter Erik Spoelstra employed on Wednesday that raised some eyebrows, as it exposes just how thin the backcourt truly is for the Heat this season.
Dru Smith gets the start on Wednesday
Given the injuries to Miami's guards, Spoelstra has been forced to experiment with his backcourt, and it was Dru Smith getting the start alongside Norman Powell, Andrew Wiggins, Nikola Jovic, and Bam Adebayo.