Heat with expletives for play-in talk, but also lacking answers amid skid‎

CLEVELAND — It is as if it is unavoidable, this gravity that annually draws the Miami Heat into the play-in round, the NBA’s postseason landing ground for mid-tier mediocrity. And here Erik Spoelstra’s team hovers again amid a five-game losing streak, wanting nothing more than sixth place in the Eastern Conference but awakening Tuesday to a ninth-place reality. Unable to sustain for yet ...