'We're going to fight, and we're going to ride with this thing until the wheels fall off,' Heat All-Star Jimmy Butler said after his team's Game 2 loss to the Los Angeles Lakers. 'It's not over.' NBAFinals
Besides, as he told reporters followingi in Game 2 of the NBA Finals on Friday,"We don’t give a what everybody else thinks."
But that promise of competitive, or at least compelling, series — multiple NBA experts predicted a seven-game series — evaporated into the thick central Florida air when Miami’s Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic sustained injuries in Game 1. There are parts of Friday’s game that encouraged Spoelstra. The Heat outshot the Lakers from the field, on 3-pointers and from the foul line.
"Our guys brought it and, look, if it ends up being whatever it was 10, 12-point game, then we need to make up 10, 12 points to overcome that. Thirteen, 14 points, to make sure we get the win. That's what we'll get to work on. But, look, I love these guys. I love the way we compete. We have to figure out how to overcome this and get over the top.
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