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Miami Heat confident despite blowout loss to Boston Celtics: 'Proven we can do it'

BOSTON -- Despite a 102-82 drubbing at the hands of the Boston Celtics in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday, Miami Heat coach Erik Spoelstra believes his team can return the favor in Game 5.

"We've proven that we can do it," Spoelstra said. "The margin for error for either team -- whatever they have done to us, we can do to them. None of us are happy about what happened tonight.

"This is part of the playoffs. There are these extreme highs and lows, particularly when you have two teams that are pretty closely, evenly matched.