Miami Heat at Charlotte Bobcats FREE LIve Streaming Online NBA Playoffs Game 3 from Time Warner Cable Arena Saturday at 7:00 PM ET

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Miami Heat at Charlotte Bobcats FREE LIve Streaming Online NBA Playoffs Game 3 from Time Warner Cable Arena Saturday at 7:00 PM ET

The Bobcats have likely earned some respect around the NBA after hanging tough with the two-time defending champion Heat.

But the Bobcats want more.

"I think we know that we can challenge these guys and win," Bobcats point guard Kemba Walker told the team's website on Friday. "We're still confident as a team."

Still, it would be a tall task to beat the Heat in one game, let alone a best-of-seven series.

The Bobcats find themselves in a 2-0 hole as the series shifts to Charlotte for Game 3 on Saturday night.

That's pretty much where everyone expected them to be after two games in Miami. The inexperienced Bobcats entered the series with four starters that had never started a playoff game, compared to a Heat team that has enough championship rings to open a jewelry store.

"Miami is a great team," Walker said. "They are the defending champions, and we knew it wasn't going to be easy from the get go. ... We fought hard, but at the same time we feel like it shouldn't have come down to those late-game situations. There are so many mistakes we made over the course of the game that we probably could have been up."

Coach Erik Spoelstra knows the Heat can't make a mistake by taking the Bobcats lightly.

"As you're seeing across the league in the playoffs, anything can happen right now," Spoelstra said. "Momentum from one game doesn't guarantee you anything. We need a more complete, consistent game."

Bobcats coach Steve Clifford said he isn't satisfied with moral victories.

He thinks his team can -- and will -- play better in Game 3.

"That is what we have to be thinking about -- what it takes to win in the playoffs," Clifford said.

The game will be live streaming online at www.nbalivestreamfree.net

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