"There's losing, and there's getting humiliated. If you were to categorize the Miami Heat's 122-94 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves on Tuesday, it's much closer to the latter than it was the former. This comes on the heels of losing to the Timberwolves inside Kaseya Center, 125-115, four days prior. While Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra was encouraged with his team's effort in that game, he was not after their 28-point loss."
""We showed less of a spirit on this one," he said. "The one on Saturday, we had a spirit to fight until the end. That's what is most disappointing to me as the head coach: The last 6 minutes, it felt like we let it go. At that point, we weren't going to win the game. ... But, still, what you have is your spirit and keep on fighting, not just to let it go there at the end.""
""We got a lot to work on as a team," Heat captain Bam Adebayo said. "We can't lose our focus when somebody makes a run or shots aren't falling. We gotta continue to play our style of basketball - playing in transition, swing the ball collectively and get each other open shots.""
The Miami Heat lost 122-94 to the Minnesota Timberwolves, marking a 28-point defeat following a prior 125-115 loss four days earlier. Miami shot 35.7 percent, committed 17 turnovers and registered an offensive rating of 85.7, placing in the 1st percentile. Minnesota outscored Miami 61-40 in the second half, including a 26-9 run over nearly nine minutes. The Heat managed just five points through the first 8:19 of the fourth quarter, finishing 5-for-20 and 2-of-12 from three in that period. Coach Erik Spoelstra criticized the team's lack of fighting spirit late, and Bam Adebayo stressed returning to transition, ball movement and collective shot creation.
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