Tempers Flare In Miami Heat's Loss To Golden State

Written by sidhanta

Written by sidhanta

In the third quarter of their 118-104 loss to Golden State Warriors, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra and forwards Udonis Haslem and Jimmy Butler were involved in a heated verbal exchange during a timeout.  

Center Bam Adebayo had to hold back Haslem from Butler. Spoelstra was disappointed by Butler, pointing his finger at him.  

“We have a very competitive, gnarly group and we were getting our [butts] kicked in two straight games where we were not playing to the level we wanted to play," 

Spoelstra said. "Virtually every single person in that huddle was pretty animated in our disappointment in how we were playing.” 

The Heat have now lost two straight games against teams playing without their superstars. 

Heat guard Kyle Lowry: “It was crazy, but it was passion. We’re in a situation where we have a lot of competitive guys and one being our biggest competitor is our head coach.  

Jimmy and UD are tough, competitive guys. It’s good to sometimes get some anger and frustration out, and just talk about it.  

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