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Matt Barnes shared his thoughts on why the Miami Heat will beat the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

Game 1 of the series will take place on Monday, August 31 and Barnes explained why the Heat have the upper hand.

“Jimmy [Butler] has the young players, his young sharpshooters playing well, Duncan Robinson and Tyler Herro. Goran Dragic is playing well, you know what Jimmy is going to give you. You got [Andre] Iguodala, [Jae] Crowder, Bam [Adebayo]. I got Miami winning next round.

Miami won two out of three this year too during the regular season (over the Bucks). Although that doesn’t mean much, they know how to beat them,” said Barnes on Saturday, via Robert Marvi of Heat Nation.

The Heat swept their series against the Indiana Pacers in the first round, while the Bucks eliminated the Orlando Magic 4-1.