Breaking news: Erik Spoelstra confused by loss to Raptors

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MIAMI – While it is The Miami Heat were trying to break out of their current funk ahead of Tuesday night’s contest against the Toronto Raptors, the team disappointed yet again, falling 112-91, their eighth loss in their last nine games. As it is The heat remains in its enormous declinethe result of Tuesday’s game was still a surprise, especially for the head coach Erik Spoelstra.

Miami would post its lowest point total of the season, as it was also the second time the team had scored fewer than 100 points, the only other time this season coming on Dec. 15 against Toronto. It was a terrible start as the team scored 16 points in the first quarter, failing to hit anything from three-point range, shooting one of 11 from deep.

In the second half, the Heat team will fall off the cliff as the opponents handed Miami their third consecutive defeat. Spoelstra was taken aback after the loss, telling ClutchPoints that he “I thought we were ready.”

“I don’t know,” Spoelstra said when asked what issues lingered from the slump to Tuesday’s game. “This is not what I would have predicted. I thought we were ready. We had a good session this morning. I thought at the end of our last two away games, even though there were losses, there were a lot more good things than negative things. The New York game, we competed with great spirit.”

“But I don’t really know right now,” Spoelstra continued. “It was a lifeless start and then we felt like we were going backwards the rest of the game, you know. And you have to give Toronto credit, they came out with a power and a speed in this game that we couldn’t handle.”

Bam Adebayo in the ‘s***i’ moment through which the heat passes

Toronto Raptors forward Colin Murray-Boyles (12) defends Miami Heat center Bama Adebayo (13) during the second half at the Cassia Centre.
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After the second a disappointing outing for the heatthere was very little to point out as a bright spot, especially with Bama Adebayo, who continues his own decline. Scoring nine points, making four of his 11 shots from the field with 12 rebounds, three assists and two steals, he talked about how it’s vital for Miami to “close” through “f***ing moment.”

“(He has to) be a better man,” Adebayo said. “These are times where we obviously have to come together because it’s a very bad and s*** time. No matter how short a period or how long it lasts, we’re just out of this hole.”

Adebayo would say that realistically “shit” to work through his current struggles, but he told ClutchPoints that it’s more about shots not falling than anything with his mechanics as the Heat look to return the captain to his cleanup spots.

Norman Powell shares his frustration with the Heat’s decline

Although it is The Heat are missing key players like Tyler Herrowhose skill as a shot creator is needed during games like this, there’s no denying that Miami’s outings look different from a 14-7 start this season. However, frustration runs down the line, particularly with Norman Powell, who was colorfully vocal in the late loss, also indicating to ClutchPoint how the defense “it wasn’t good.”

“Because there were a few times in the game where coach would draw something, or put something together that we had to go out there and execute, and we just do something completely oppositejust make it up, not paying attention to the details,” Powell said as he scored 17 points, making six of 17 field goal attempts.

“I was pretty frustrated because it happened not only in this game, but a few times in this tough stretch that we’re going through,” Powell continued. “And we’re a young team, but we have to focus on the details of the game to help us get out of this streak, whatever you want to call it, this moment we’re in, the place we’re at is better with the details of the game on both sides of the ball and how we want to execute and who we want to be.”

Miami is now 15-15 on the season, the first time the team has hit .500 since game eight, when the team was 4-4. The Heat look to get back into the win column and turn their fortunes around in Friday’s game against the Atlanta Hawks.





2025-12-24 04:53:00

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