Spoeltra’s Resolve: We will Rise Above: Heats’ Coach won’t Let Adversity Brings Team Down
As the trade talks intensified between the Miami Heat and Jimmy Butler, the team itself had a huge bounce-back win against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, 114-98. The Heat were looking forward to the current road trip lasting six games, but it started with a heartbreaker, losing to the Sacramento Kings in double overtime after losing a 17-point lead in the fourth quarter as head coach Erik Spoelstra continues to speak about a “breakthrough.”
The word “breakthrough” seems to be one that the players and coaching staff are instilling into themselves as they look to overcome not just their deficiencies on the court without Butler, but also in suppressing the outside noise. Spoelstra even spoke before the game about the “unfortunate pain” that teams have to go through in order to reach the desired destination according to Anthony Chiang of The Miami Herald.
“This is a very ambitious group,” Spoelstra said. “Sometimes, unfortunately, you have to go through some pain in this league to learn how to win games. We’ve had some moving parts, and I’m not saying that as an excuse. We’re figuring it out. … These are great learning points for our group. We’ll get a breakthrough.”
Erik Spoelstra on Heat’s competitiveness
The win over Golden State is a giant step in the right direction in order for a “breakthrough” to happen as even besides the aforementioned loss to Sacramento, they are also trying to erase from their minds the Heat’s 36-point loss to the Utah Jazz. Spoelstra was very impressed with the “competitive character” of his team having the eagerness in the second game of a back-to-back to come out and get a much-needed win.
