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\"ErikMIAMI \u2013 As the Miami Heat are down 0-3 to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the first-round playoff series, it’s no doubt been an eye-opening series for the team going up against the No. 1 seed unit in the Eastern Conference. It was a frustrating showcase on Saturday afternoon when the Heat suffered their worst playoff loss in franchise history in Game 3, losing to the Cavs by 37 points, as head coach Erik Spoelstra spoke on the experience of the team.Speaking after Sunday’s practice, he would run through the journey up until Game 4 on Monday, saying that Miami is about to embark on their third win-or-go-home situation, referencing the two prior play-in tournament games. With the team putting themselves in this situation, Spoelstra admitted how \u201chumbling\u201d it has been as the team looks to not get swept.<\/p>\n

\u201cLook, this is our third elimination game that we\u2019ve played in 10 days,\u201d Spoelstra said. \u201cSo we just went to work, working on solutions. We put ourselves out there to be in this series. We wanted to be in this series, we fought to be in this series, and this is what happens with competition. They\u2019re a good team, and this game can be humbling. And we haven’t found a way to get a win right now, so we just went right to work, you know, to try to find solutions to be better for each other tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heat ramping up the intensity heading into Game 4\u00a0<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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With the Heat looking to avoid the brooms coming out, one would think that Sunday’s practice before Game 4 would have the most sense of urgency. However, team captain Bam Adebayo would say to ClutchPoints that Miami is taking \u201cthe same approach,\u201d though the \u201cintensity\u201d has shifted.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel like we\u2019re taking the same approach as we have all season,\u201d Adebayo said. \u201cWe’ve been on a 10-game losing streak and had to come in here and obviously figure out how to get out of that. So I don’t think it has changed, I definitely think a lot of us have picked up the intensity throughout the playoffs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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There’s no doubt that for the team to extend the series, Heat star Tyler Herro has to overcome the Cavs’ defensive pressure and bounce back after a 13-point outing in Game 3. He would speak about the exciting challenge to ClutchPoints on making history since no team has ever come back from a 0-3 series deficit, but stresses that the team is taking it \u201cone game at a time.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cJust take it one game at a time,\u201d Herro said. \u201cThere\u2019s definitely a path to it. We know it won\u2019t be easy. We just got to clean some things up, and we\u2019ll look hopefully a lot better than we did. That\u2019s our path to Game 7 \u2014 winning one at home and then obviously going to get one in Cleveland.\u201d<\/p>\n

Miami’s do-or-die Game 4 against Cleveland will be on Monday night.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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