The Heat have acknowledged that they can't compete with the chemistry established by the Celtics and other rivals.

"We're way behind those guys," LeBron James said. "Just look at the number of games played, the number of playoff series those guys have had. We're only a few months in together -- 40-something-plus games. I've seen the statistics. Boston has like 250-plus games played together. We're way behind those teams."

James, Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade have only played 48 games together since joining forces in July.

"You talk about Boston, you talk about Orlando or the Lakers, we're never going to catch those guys in experience," Wade said.

All season long, Miami coach Erik Spoelstra has stressed the importance of developing familarity.

"The number one thing is time," Spoelstra said. "We need time on the court. We need to take advantage of practice days like today, shootarounds, because there are some lineups we're playing right now that literally had not played together after 47 games."