Bam Adebayo, Kevin Love Reportedly Led An Motivational Miami Heat Team Meeting Immediately After Game 3 Loss

The moment was exactly why the Miami Heat made center Bam Adebayo their team captain at the beginning of the season.

The Heat were disappointed after Saturday’s loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference playoffs. With the team in need of a boost, it was Adebayo who stepped up. According to Chris Haynes of TNT, Adebayo led a players’ meeting in the locker room immediately after the loss.

“I was told he had some really choice words, some inspiring words and also he challenged his teammates to bring it,” Haynes said during the pregame show in preparation for tonight’s Game 4 at Kaseya Center. “… He opened up the forum, I was told, to everybody else to speak and have a word to say what they think is going wrong, say what they can do better.”

Veteran Kevin Love then took the floor as a result. Love expressed to the team how much winning this series would mean to him as his career comes to an end.

“He stood up and said, `Listen guys, I don’t know how much more basketball I have left in me so we cannot go out like this,” said Haynes. “Bam told me, once he stood up and said that, that resonated with everybody in that locker room.” ‘

I seem to have all the motivation I need for tonight. They require it since a defeat here would make it difficult for them to win the series, particularly since the Celtics would be hosting Game 5 at TD Garden, where they may seal the deal.