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Erik Spoelstra confident Heat over Game 6 heartbreak

BOSTON -- Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra is confident his team has gotten over the emotional ending of Game 6's heartbreaking loss to the Boston Celtics and will respond well in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night.

Spoelstra said the team regrouped after Derrick White's buzzer beater on Saturday night "by the next day," and he believes it will do what it needs to do to earn its second trip to the NBA Finals in four seasons.

"Everybody's fine," Spoelstra said after Monday's shootaround. "We have great mental stability with our group, and we understand that we have a big audacious goal.