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The Miami Heat can’t have too many milk drinkers

As Erik Spoelstra points out, milk does a team good.

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NBA.com’s David Aldridge is always good for notes chock full of interesting quotes and tidbits, and in his preview of Game 7 between the Pacers and the Heat, he uncovered this gem from Erik Spoelstra:

“We have a lot of characters,” coach Erik Spoelstra said. “We’ve said it before -- you can’t just be anybody and walk into our locker room. You’ll get eaten up alive. You can’t have too many milk drinkers. You have to have guys with a personality, with a healthy ego. We did extensive research about this.

Well, he’s not wrong. What with the calcium and all that.

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