In a perfect display of offensive efficiency, San Antonio Spurs stunned hosts Miami Heat 111-92 in Game 3 of the NBA Finals here on Tuesday to take a 2-1 lead in the best-of-seven series.
"It's painful. It's frustrating. You have to go through all those emotions of seeing the things that we could have done better. We went through the painful emotions today of watching the things that we need to correct, and tomorrow we have to put together our best foot forward to give ourselves our best chance to win," said Spoelstra during a media interaction on the eve of Game 4.
Heat's resistance came a cropper in Game 3 as Spurs played made use of 19 of its first 21 shots and shot a record 75.8 percent in the first half of the tie.
The coach, however, refused to get caught in the "wild swings" and preferred to focus on the next match tomorrow.
"The next game is an opportunity, and you don't want to get caught up in all the wild swings and compound it and make it more than it is," he said.
"It's pretty demanding, for sure. He gets up under us and we've got to own our mistakes, and that's what it was all about," he said.
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