The Miami Heat have proven they can win without their top players.
Despite many starters being sidelined, they still hold the No. 1 spot in the Eastern Conference standings. But on Monday, their misfortunes got the best of them.
Playing without Jimmy Butler, P.J. Tucker and Kyle Lowry, the Heat fell 122-92 to the Boston Celtics at TD Garden Arena.
“We played about seven good minutes of basketball,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “The rest of it I would love to just put in a dumpster truck,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. “It was just uncharacteristic for us. But we’ve been through a bunch of stuff in the last 72 hours.”
