Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo admit that there were a lot of things that went wrong for the Miami Heat in their Game 5 loss to the New York Knicks. Nonetheless, they also understand what they need to do in order to close out the series.

Speaking to reporters after suffering a 112-103 loss to the Knicks, Butler admitted that New York played with much more urgency than Miami. It definitely helped the โ€˜Bockers that their shots were falling and the Heat's weren't. In the end, though, Erik Spoelstra's men can only blame themselves for the loss.

Butler did emphasize, however, the need for the Heat to quickly move and shift their focus on Game 6. They have a chance to close out the series at home, and so he wants his team to focus on that goal.

โ€œWe gotta get back home and protect our home court,โ€ Butler said, via Bally Sports.

On the other hand, Adebayo shared his observation how the Knicks took advantage of the loose balls. Perhaps brought by that desperation to win as Butler said it, Jalen Brunson and co. made the most of all the scoring opportunities they got.

Brunson finished with 38 points as he and Quentin Grimes played the full 48 minutes in the contest. New York had less shots and makes against Miami, but they attacked the basket relentlessly and earned plenty of free throws in the process. The Knicks went 29-of-40 on free throws, while the Heat ended with 16 makes out of 19 freebies.

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Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo and the rest of the Heat certainly need to play better come Game 6 if they want to prevent the Knicks from forcing a Game 7. Miami can't afford the two to score less than 20, especially against a motivated New York side that has plenty of reasonย  to go all out.

Game 6 of the series is set for Friday in Miami. Hopefully, as Butler said, they can protect their homecourt and move on to the East Finals.