The Brooklyn Nets play the Miami Heat on Thursday in Game 2 of the 2014 NBA Eastern Conference semifinals. Tipoff is at 7:00 p.m. ET. Watch the live stream or listen to the radio broadcast via the links provided below.
Miami easily took the first game of the series, 107-86. Heat star LeBron James, one of five Heat players to score in the double digits, led all scorers with 22 points; Chris Bosh added 15 points and grabbed a game-high 11 rebounds, and veteran Ray Allen chipped in with 19 points off the bench.
"It was great that we were able to come out the way we did after being off eight days," James told the Associated Press. "We got a lot of work in. We had eight days off of not playing a basketball game but (coach Erik Spoelstra) got us in the gym. (We) got each other in the gym. We made each other accountable throughout the layoff and it proved tonight."
Bosh said winning Game 1s made for less stressful evenings.
"It's fun when you win the game and you can at least for a night do whatever it is you do, have some dinner, chill at home and exhale a little bit," he said. "When you lose, you can't sleep, your stomach hurts and it's not a very good situation."
Brooklyn is likely experiencing the latter after being outscored in all four quarters. Nets star Paul Pierce scored just eight points, and veteran Kevin Garnett was held scoreless. Only three Nets players scored in the double digits; guards Deron Williams and Joe Johnson both led the team with 17 points apiece.
Spoelstra considers the result of Game 1 to be a fluke and expects Brooklyn's veteran core to bounce back on Thursday.
"They're a veteran-enough group, Brooklyn, to know that the final score doesn't mean anything in the playoffs," Spoelstra said. "It's a long series. Throw that one away, you still have another opportunity to do what you came for. We had very good urgency and focus coming into that game. We cannot have a letdown."
Watch the live stream HERE, or listen to the radio broadcast HERE (BKN) and HERE (MIA).
