We have to cut down the turnovers and adapt to Spoelstra's adjustments better. 19 turnovers to 8 we won't win if we don't take care of the ball. And Spoelstra was determined that we weren't going to score 60 points in the point tonight so he packed the paint with his zone and dared us to drive and kick and beat us from the perimeter. In response we committed turnovers trying to drive against the zone and shot 35% from 3, which was only because Tatum got into his groove in the 2nd half.
Herro had a career game too, 37 points you have to take your hat off to the kid. He shot 14-21 or 66% overall and 5-10 or 50% from 3, in comparison the rest of the Heat shot 25-70 or 35% overall and 5-27 or 18%. The Celtics actually shot better than the Heat, we were 47% overall and 35% from 3.
Turnovers and Herro killed us.
EDIT: I will say that the Celtics coming out sluggish in the first quarter is on Brad, it's his job to prepare the team. Some of the dodgy substitution patterns in the first half are also under his mandate. And as coach he ultimately has command responsibility, so if Danny and Wyc decide that the Celtics need a change or have not met expectations then I expect his head will roll before any of the players that committed turnovers or missed shots. They may have slightly different expectations than we do right after losses though
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