On Heat Twitter it’s known as the “Turd Quarter.”
In reality, it’s where all of the Miami Heat’s struggles usually begin — right after halftime and right a lot of good stuff usually happens for Erik Spoelstra’s bunch over the first two quarters.
“I don’t know if we’re not warming up right, I don’t know if our brain is shutting off at halftime, but whatever it is we’ve got to figure it out soon,” Josh Richardson said Monday, a day after another one of the Heat’s epic third quarter collapses led to its most embarrassing loss of the season, a 120-95 defeat at home to the Indiana Pacers.