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Shane Battier will remain in the starting lineup for the Heat for Sunday's Game 1 against the Pacers, the Heat's official site reports.

Battier will remain in the starting lineup for the Heat for Sunday's Game 1 against the Pacers, the Heat's official site reports.

Analysis:

Battier was rumored to be headed back to a bench role due to the Pacers running a bigger frontcourt than the Nets. Udonis Haslem started the Heat's first round series against the Bobcats at power forward, but then the Heat opted to start Battier at power forward against the smaller lineup of the Nets, which featured Paul Pierce at power forward. We still expect Haslem to see more minutes this series, and there's a possibility that the Heat could switch things up if they run into any problems early in the series.

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