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Spoelstra : 'Inconsistency is, at this point, unacceptable'
To Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra, Wednesday was about neither excuses nor explanations.
It was about tangible disappointment that still was present when the team reconvened at AmericanAirlines Arena 14 hours after Tuesday's 91-88 loss to the visiting Minnesota Timberwolves.
Instead of focusing on specifics of what went wrong in the loss to the Western Conference's worst team, Spoelstra addressed the season as a whole.
"It's going to take a whole lot more than we gave yesterday," he said in brusque, forceful words just outside the Heat locker room, after a video session and team meeting that went more than two hours. "But it's also going to take a lot more than we've given this year, in terms of our consistency.
"We've been able to turn it on, then we relax, and that's been a pattern that has to stop right now. And it will."
The pattern for Spoelstra after disappointing losses this season has been to move forward, let go of the frustration, build toward what is ahead.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/sports/miami-heat/sfl-miami-heat-erik-spoelstra-s022410,0,4622135.story