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Erik Spoelstra, the head coach of the Miami Heat, is aware that he needs to improve. (Credit: Maddie Meyer/Getty Images) The Miami Heat are currently on an eight-game losing streak for the first time since he took over as head coach in 2008-09; they have also fallen to 10 games below.500 for the first time since 2016-17 and have only risen in the lottery ahead of the 2025 NBA Draft.

Even though the Heat have been mediocre for the majority of the last three seasons, this is new ground for Spoelstra, who accepted responsibility following Monday’s 116-95 loss to the New York Knicks, who were without Jalen Brunson.

This is a problem that affects everyone. I have not thought of adequate solutions for this team. “I need to perform better,” he stated. “Our team needs to do better. This is where we need to stand our ground and plant our feet in the ground.

“Where we are making progress, we need to keep going. Even though we had suffered several setbacks over the previous three weeks, we felt as though we were moving forward. We have not felt like we are making those types of

This season, the Heat have been among the NBA’s worst second-half teams. They were outscored by 26 points in a single quarter just twice in the team’s previous 33 seasons, and they were outscored by 26 points in the third quarter on Monday (41-15) for the second time this season.

The Heat scored 15 points or fewer in a quarter for the fourteenth time, which is three more than any other NBA team. Miami has the sixth-worst second-half NET Rating in the NBA (minus-6.0), with a league-