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Lake Buena Vista
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Miami
Game 3
Game 3 of the Eastern Conference
Game 1
Game 2
Game 4
the NBA Finals
(2:07)The Miami Heat's habit of falling into big second-half holes finally caught up to them in a 117-106 loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals on Saturday.After overcoming a 14-point fourth-quarter deficit in Game 1 and a 15-point third-quarter deficit in Game 2, the Heat fell down by as many as 20 in Game 3 and never got back on track.It's a pattern Heat players and coaches have talked openly about fixing over the past few days, but it was the Celtics who set the tone early Saturday in Lake Buena Vista, Florida."We've got to start the game how we start the fourth," Heat All-Star big man Bam Adebayo said. We've just got to do a better job of not letting ourselves get in a big deficit."Heat coach Erik Spoelstra gave the Celtics credit for keeping their feet on the gas pedal after losing focus in the first two games of the series."Look, this is the playoffs," Spoelstra said.
As said here by Nick FriedellESPN Staff Writer