If we are hoping for a potential showdown with Miami in the conference finals...the key is to finish with the 6th or 7th seed. Rest the players just enough to not make the 4,5 seed and play them just enough to avoid the 8th. And give our newbies some playing time in the process to get ready for the playoffs.
If we miss the playoffs doing this, then we really were not that good to make any noise in may anyway so we might as well go lotto.