The Miami Heat are looking to make noise once again in the playoffs, but they first have to be in it as they face the Philadelphia 76ers Wednesday night in the play-in tournament. Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra and star Caleb Martin spoke about facing the Eastern Conference rival, how superstar Joel Embiid changes the complexion of the game, and the key for victory.

For Martin, he was a standout and crucial to the Heat going on that miraculous run last season where they ended up in the NBA Finals. While he appreciates the experience that the playoff run gave him and the lessons he learned, he said to ClutchPoints that “the past is the past,” but hones in on what he took from his impressive showing and is looking to do again

Just be aggressive, the past is the past, nobody lives off that, what’s done is done. So nobody cares about that starting tomorrow, or starting to begin this year and nobody cares about that including myself,” Martin said. “Obviously it’s great to have that experience and to be able to take lessons from those from those past experience moving forward. It’s a new year, new opportunity to continue to show people that you rise in those occasions and I’m just happy I get to be in another environment like this in the postseason.”­