Dallas Mavericks beat the Miami Heat 106-95; Heat hold players only meeting after 8th loss

  The Mavs beat the Heat tonight by 11pts. The Mavs had 6 players in double figures led by Caron Butler with 23 and Dirk Nowitzki with 22. The Heat only had 3 players in double figures, and you can easily guess those names. The lead for the Mavs balloned to 17 in the 3rd quarter with Dirk out of the game. Coach Spoelstra after the game mentioned how mad and emotional his team was throughout the second half. He said, "we are tired of the pain of losing" when referring to the 9-8 record the team now has.

  There was a 45 minute wait to get into the locker room as the Heat held a "players only" meeting. Once Lebron James and Dewayne Wade came out they talked about that meeting. "It was players only, no coaches" said Lebron. He went on to say, "everyone got a chance to get things off their chest."

  Wade simply said, "the championship team I was on went 10-10, so I feel like we will win games." Lebron continued to reference that even at 9-8 the Heat are still playoff contenders in the Eastern Conference.

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