It’s no secret that the Heat have been in a slump that has resulted in them arguably playing their worst basketball of the season so far. However, up until the final period, it wasn’t a bad offensive night for Miami, but when you face a team like Boston, there is very little to no room for error as Spoelstra was saying after the beatdown.

“You have to really be intentional and disciplined and intelligent offensively over and over and over because of that firepower,” Spoelstra said. “If you’re not getting the right kind of shots, then that’s going the other way and then a 10 point lead can go in 20 pretty quickly. So it was a humbling night. That’s the standard. We understand what that is, what the top record in the East looks like and we have some work to do. And that’s what we’ll do.”

Star Jimmy Butler finished the game with 17 points, four assists, and three rebounds in what was another down performance from him and the rest of the team. He said to the media in the locker room that before the Heat can think about getting wins, the attitude has to be joyous first, even in times of defeat.

“Nobody want to lose, especially five games in a row. But, before you can even start thinking about winning, just feel like everybody gotta get back to having fun again,” Butler said. “Yes, losing is not fun, winning is. But if we ain’t playing with some high energy, smiling and all that good stuff, it can get a lot worse.”

Spoelstra said it after the loss to the Grizzlies Wednesday that a “breakthrough” is in the horizon. When Butler was asked if he sees one, he said to ClutchPoints that the whole team should feel that way.