With less than a month to go before the start of the much-awaited playoffs, teams are now starting to jockey for positions one to eight in the Eastern and Western Conferences, respectively. The post-season play is one grueling season and seen by many as survival of the fittest. Besides consistent team defensive plays, bench factor is an integral part of one team’s campaign. A championship run means playing a maximum of 28 games with a minimum of 16 outings. That is why stretching the team roster will work wonders for a deep playoff run. LeBron James of the Miami Heat, who is gunning for his first-ever league championship, has started to talk about its importance and he surely knows it by experience after seeing his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers succumbed to the team with the deeper bench, the San Antonio Spurs, in the 2007 NBA finals, according to ESPN.
“It's very important, because we know how huge the bench is to come into a playoff series. Guys have to keep their confidence up. We want them to have their confidence, because when our bench plays well, when our role players play well, we're very hard to beat. Those guys were aggressive. And when they put pressure on the defense, it makes it easier on everybody else.”
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