CLEVELAND _ The redundancy is in the losses, the Miami Heat 3-8 in their past 11 road games.
But there also is a redundancy in the message from Erik Spoelstra, that his team still has enough time to make things right away from AmericanAirlines Arena.
The next opportunity comes Monday night against the Cleveland Cavaliers at Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse.
"Well, we'll figure it out," Spoelstra said, his team still stung by falling in their previous road game, Thursday night against Atlanta Hawks. "We're going to keep on working on that until it changes or until time runs out."
Even with the thoroughness of Saturday's 124-105 home victory over the Cavs, when the Heat scored a franchise-record 82 points in the first half, the Heat appreciate there has been little in the way of home-road carryover.
"That's the one thing I'll give this group credit for," Spoelstra said. "They're not afraid to own it and work on it. We're all frustrated about some of our road games."
It's not that the Heat have not been able to compete in going 13-17 on the road this season, it's just that have not been able to close.
"But, again, I've mentioned it before, we're not as far on the road as it seems," Spoelstra said. "But we've just not been able to finish.
"We've had a lot of those road games where we've been up in the fourth quarter and we just need to figure out how to get over the top."
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