Erik Spoelstra isn't looking to make excuses.
"We're not going to put this on the fact that we've had some injuries," the Miami Heat head coach told reporters after Wednesday's 118-84 loss to the Boston Celtics. "Let's not take anything away from Boston. They've been the best team in basketball all season long and in this series in four of the games."
Boston clinched the first-round series win in five games with the latest victory, but this was far from the version of the Heat that stunned the Celtics in last season's Eastern Conference Finals.