Bowing to the buzzer in Game 6 tonight against the Celtics, the Heat inevitably took a big hit on the head. Going from qualifying for the NBA Finals to Game 7 in Boston in the space of three seconds is hard, very hard. But Erik Spoelstra is not the type to let himself down. On the contrary, he is ready to take the challenge head-on.
When you’re on the wrong side of a cruel scenario like that night, two things can happen:
- You are mentally strong enough to successfully overcome;
- You completely crack.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra wants to make sure his team doesn’t crack in Game 7 on Monday. So from the start of his post-match press conference that night, he made a point of saying the terms with authority.
“As I speak to you, I don’t know how we’re going to get there, but we’re going to get out there and we’re going to get there.
Nothing has been easy for our group this season, so we’re going to do it by taking the more difficult path. It’s like that. We would like to be able to start the game right away, RIGHT NOW, but we have to wait 48 hours before we can do what we have to do in Boston.”
“We wish we could tip this thing off right now…but we’ll wait 48 hours and do this thing in Boston.”
Heat HC Erik Spoelstra following Miami’s Game 6 loss pic.twitter.com/7rF1tKvUQm
— NBA on TNT (@NBAonTNT) May 28, 2023
Since becoming Heat coach in 2008, Erik Spoelstra has had a lot of playoff battles, ups and downs, great successes and big disappointments. But this defeat at the buzzer against Boston is necessarily one of the hardest moments of his coaching career. And the challenge that presents itself on the road to the Heat is colossal: a Game 7 in one of the most hostile environments in the NBAagainst a Boston team that will want to make history by becoming the first to win a series after being down 3-0.
For many, Miami missed its chance. For many, the Celtics have done the hardest part and now only have to conclude in front of their home crowd. Except that if there’s one thing we’ve learned with the Heat over the years, it’s that you should never bury it, no matter the situation.
We can count on Erik Spoelstra to hyper his in view of Game 7 on Monday night, in what could represent another epic battle between Miami and Boston.
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Source texte : NBA on TNT
2023-05-28 11:06:32
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