Bam Adebayo On The Miami Heat's Mentality Entering Game 5 "By Any Means Necessary"

The Miami Heat are basically at the point of no return.

And that is exactly their mentality entering tonight's Game 5 against the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals. The Heat trail 3-1 in the best-of-7 series.

"By any means necessary," Heat center Bam Adebayo said. "We go out there, lay it on the line and you let the chips fall where they lay. Nobody wants to be in this position, but for us we've been through so much adversity in this season, who else would be in this situation? So for us, we've dealt with adversity before. Biggest thing for us is to go out there, play basketball and have ultimate clarity."

The Heat are attempting to become the team to rallying from a 3-1 deficit in the Finals. LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers did it in 2016 against the Golden State Warriors.

The Heat also know winning three straight is possible because they did it against the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals.

"I know what it feels like to be in that position," Adebayo said. "I know what it feels like to be in that situation. We have had guys be down 3-1 in our locker room and them share their experiences and their stories. For us, man, it's the first to four. That's the mentality."

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