INDIANAPOLIS

Before he knew it, the words had slipped out and Udonis Haslem wound up revealing the secret of the Miami Heat’s remarkable resiliency in responding to defeats.

Bad rest and bad nutrition and that matters right now because, unless the Indiana Pacers figure out a way over the next week to impose a losing streak on the Heat of at least that duration, the Pacers’ season will be over.
As Haslem tells it, the Heat players are so accustomed to winning that, when they don’t, it’s a complete shock to their systems.

Haslem said, with a laugh. “But yeah, it’s weird. We talk about it all the time Very rarely do we eat or sleep the way we’re supposed to after we lose a game. We wish we can not come off losses.

 

LeBron James said, at the risk of sounding a little greedy. We love the fact that, you know they took the home court away from us and now ‘Let’s see what we are made of. This is a great group of guys that’s always loved, I think, the pressure moments of being 1-1 a team taking our home court away and we have to go on the road to win.”

Considering that it can kill their appetites and steal their sleep, it’s more than just taking offense at another team’s success. The sense of something special is slipping away a shot at winning consecutive NBA championships in this case creating the worry that turns into motivation.