On January 1, Beijing time, the Heat defeated the Rockets 120-110 away to win six consecutive games. After this game, the Heat have only 0.5 wins left from the third-place Bucks in the East and only 1.5 wins from the First Bulls in the East, in addition to the six-game winning streak of the Heat's longest win streak this season. The Heat led by 11 points in the first quarter, stretched out to 14 points in the second quarter, narrowed the gap by 1 point in the third quarter, and narrowed the gap to 5 points in the final quarter, but Butler and Lowry scored consecutive points to help the Heat seal the victory.
Jimmy Butler was the first contributor to the Heat's win in this game, he completed a 2+1 with 6 minutes left in the final quarter to widen the point difference to 10 points again, and Tate's three-pointer in the 4 minutes and 41 seconds before the final game narrowed the gap to 5 points, Butler made two fouls to stabilize the situation, Hiro made two free throws and Lowry chased the three points, and the Rockets were powerless to return to the sky.
Butler scored 2-of-5 in the final quarter, scored 10 points and 1 block on 6-of-6 free throws, scored a season-high 35-minute, 12-of-21, 3-of-3 three-pointers, 11-of-11 free throws, and scored 37 points, 2 assists, 1 rebound, 1 steal and 2 blocks.
Butler let the Rockets' double star have no place to stand, Jaylen Green played 28 minutes, 5 of 11, 7 of 3 points, 16 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, shooting 45.5%, 28.6% of three-point shooting, because he was in foul trouble early and only played 28 minutes, 3 of 3 in the last quarter, 1 of 3 in 3 minutes, 0 of 3 points and 1 rebound, and the three-pointer at the key moment was to play iron.
The starting point guard Kevin Porter Jr. was even worse, 31 minutes of the game, 3.of 11, 5 of 3 three-pointers, 7 points, 4 assists, 3 rebounds, 2 steals, 1 block, 6 fouls, 5 turnovers, 27.2 percent shooting, 20 percent three-point shooting, he was a points machine on the court, 8 minutes in the last quarter, 0 of 2 three-pointers, 0 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 fouls and 2 turnovers.
The Rockets' best game was the bench's Jeshaw Tate, who scored 25 minutes in the game, 9 of 15, 2 of 3 three-pointers, 22 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 1 block, shooting 60% from the field and 66.7% from three-point range, and he scored 9 points in the final quarter after Butler's 10 points. I have to say that this Rocket has no combat effectiveness at all, especially after the return of Jaylen Green, the leader of the eye, all three losses, before the list eye injury stop rocket also played 7 consecutive wins.
Text/Yan Xiaobai