DETROIT (AP) — Erik Spoelstra blamed himself for a “terrible mistake” after drawing a technical foul that gave the Detroit Pistons a tiebreaking free throw after the Miami Heat called a timeout they didn’t have with 1.1 seconds left in overtime on Tuesday night.

Malik Beasley made it and the Pistons moved on Beat Heat 123-121 On the opening night of an NBA Cup game.

“I ended up making a serious mental mistake.” Spoelstra said. “This is my responsibility. “I feel very bad about this.”

Heat took the lead 121-119 with Tyler Herro’s basket with 1.8 seconds left. However, after the timeout, the Pistons showed a well-executed in-bounds play and Cade Cunningham’s lob pass fell to Jalen Duren.

Spoelstra came on the field fast and furious and called for a timeout.

“There’s really no excuse for this,” Spoelstra said. “I am 17 years old. We talked about this during the meeting, I knew we had nothing. I got emotional about it and reacted and ended up making a terrible mistake. It’s a shame.”

Spoelstra won two NBA championships, was an assistant coach on the U.S. team that won an Olympic gold medal this summer, and was the overwhelming choice of executives responding to the situation. NBA.com GM Survey He became the best coach in the NBA with 69% of the votes.

But a rookie mistake on Tuesday undid a stellar performance by Herro, who scored 40 points and made 10 3-pointers.

“You don’t want to make a mental mistake like that,” Spoelstra said before a long pause. “Yeah, you’d like to see that go into double overtime. I felt like it was such a game. “He deserved double overtime and he didn’t let anyone get in the way of that and unfortunately even as an experienced coach I got in the way of that.”

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