The two combinations that defined, and sunk, the Miami Heat season

When your back is firmly, entirely against the wall, your desperation tends to guide your decisions. So here Erik Spoelstra and the Miami Heat were, in a win-in-Charlotte-or-go-home-for-good game, and -- while ultimately the result was a wrenching, season-ending defeat -- the coach's maneuvers showed everyone where things stood by the end.

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