The hyped Miami Heat Platinum group got so much attention, that other teams learned stopping the bench guards stops the Heat as a whole.
Back on Jan. 30, when Miami had a record of 29-21, the guards off the bench lead the NBA in True Shooting percentage (TS%) at 57.8%.
From Jan. 31 until the loss to the New Orleans Pelicans, the TS% of the bench guards dipped to a next-to-last 40.9%, and not accidentally the Heat have dropped 8 out of 9 games in that span.
The cliche goes if you live by the three, you die by the three.