{"id":491,"date":"2024-11-14T08:36:33","date_gmt":"2024-11-14T08:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=491"},"modified":"2024-11-14T08:36:33","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T08:36:33","slug":"heats-tyler-herro-bam-adebayo-ride-with-spo-after-mind-blogging-mistake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=491","title":{"rendered":"Heat’s Tyler Herro, Bam Adebayo ‘ride with Spo’ after mind-blogging mistake.."},"content":{"rendered":"

After Erik Spoelstra’s mental glitch, Tyler Herro and Bam Adebayo come to the defense of the Heat head coach.<\/p>\n

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It was a heartbreaking Tuesday night for the\u00a0Miami Heat as head coach Erik Spoelstra made a brutal mistake\u00a0leading to a 123-121 loss in the opening of group play in the Emirates NBA Cup. While\u00a0Spoelstra admitted it was a \u201chorrendous\u201d mistake\u00a0and showed accountability in his post-game press conference, players such as\u00a0Tyler Herro\u00a0and\u00a0Bam Adebayo came to the defense of their head coach.<\/p>\n

The game was a frantic one as a slow start by Miami led to a contest of runs later in the game, it was highlighted by a fury from Herro, who scored a whopping 40 points, which included making 10 shots from deep out of 16 attempts, six of them in the fourth. He would give the team a lead in overtime with 1.8 seconds left, but Detroit easily tied it back up with an in-bounds lob from Cade Cunningham to Jalen Duren.<\/p>\n

Spoelstra, being vividly frustrated at the defensive lapse,\u00a0called a timeout accidentally\u00a0when the team did not have one in their pocket. The officials would give him a technical foul that led to the g0-ahead points scored for the Pistons to come away with a win at home and be 1-0 in group play.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n

https:\/\/twitter.com\/FanDuelSN_Heat\/status\/1856529676740460997<\/p>\n

Heat’s Tyler Herro on Erik Spoelstra being \u201cone of the best coaches ever\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n
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According to Barry Jackson of The Miami Herald, there is no doubt that people are talking about Spoelstra’s shocking mistake, but Herro would downplay the moment, saying,\u00a0\u201cIt happens.\u201d He would also emphasize how great of a head coach he is and that whatever happens, the team will \u201cride with Spo no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cSpo is one of the best coaches ever. It happens,\u201d Herro said. \u201cGreat players make bad plays. Great coaches sometimes, he made a tough decision. It was an intense moment. Sometimes, you get caught up in that. He won us the game last game. We ride with Spo no matter what.\u201d<\/p>\n

While fans were speculating about\u00a0Herro’s role with the Heat, he no doubt had a mature attitude after the disappointing loss, even with having one of the greatest games of his NBA career as he continues on his impressive start to the season. Along with the 40 points (one point short of his career-high), he racked in eight assists, five rebounds, and four steals.<\/p>\n

Heat’s Bam Adebayo said Erik Spoelstra had a \u201cglitch\u201d<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Also, as for who is perceived as the\u00a0cornerstone of the Heat in Adebayo, he also had a solid game, finishing with 20 points on eight for 13 shooting, 12 rebounds, and three assists. He also spoke about Spoelstra’s mistake and expressed how people do not realize how much is going on inside the head of a head coach, and throughout all his time, it’s the only time he has had a \u201cmental glitch\u201d and for sure does not see that happening again.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a lot going through our head coach\u2019s mind,\u201d Adebayo said. \u201cTime out we didn\u2019t have. You learn from this at the end of the day\u2026 It\u2019s one of those things where he had a glitch, he had a mental mistake. That\u2019s the first time he\u2019s ever done it in my eight years. I don\u2019t plan on him doing it again. He feels truly bad about his decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Heat’s Erik Spoelstra holds himself accountable<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Spoelstra is widely regarded as one of, if not the best, coach in the entire NBA that has been to six NBA Finals and won two championships, leading the\u00a0Heat to sign him to a massive extension last season. Describing Spoelstra’s reaction after the loss as disappointed is under-selling how he truly felt as he was candid to the media, saying that he felt\u00a0\u201chorrible about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI made just a serious mental error at the end,\u201d Spoelstra said. \u201cThat\u2019s on me. I feel horrible about it. There\u2019s really no excuse for that. I\u2019m 17 years in. We had talked about it in the huddle. I knew we didn\u2019t have [a timeout]. I just got emotional and reactive on that and I just made a horrendous mistake there at the end. It\u2019s a shame because we really fought back.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t want to come down to a mental error like that, you would have liked to have seen it go double overtime. It deserved to go double OT and not have someone get in the way of that. Unfortunately, even as a veteran coach, I got in the way of that.\u201d<\/p>\n