Beijing time on February 16, today, the NBA ushered in a strong dialogue, Miami Heat at home to meet the Dallas Lone Ranger, this is a showdown between the first place in the East and the fifth place in the West, the Heat has recently been in hot form, achieved 5 consecutive wins, from the strength point of view, obviously to occupy a lot of advantages. Sure enough, in the first quarter, the Heat at home were all soldiers, leading the opponent by 5 points at 28-23; entering the second quarter, the Lone Ranger began to fight back, but the Heat side of the state did not decrease, more points blossomed, half-time, the Lone Ranger still trailed by 8 points, the score was 51-59.
Yi Bian fought again, Doncic's feel gradually warmed up, Bertans and Kleber on the bench broke out one after another, and the Lone Ranger completed the counterattack 81-78. In the final quarter, Finney Smith hit a three-pointer, and after Butler forced a basket of two points, he walked to the free throw line twice in a row, when the point difference was only 5 points, and the game was suspended. Back from the timeout, Butler made another foul and walked to the free throw line, the Heat played a wave of 8-0 small climax, after which Finney Smith stood up again, he went down to receive Brunson's pass and returned the basket to return the 2 points.
But Butler has already killed the red eye, drifting 2 points from mid-range and then hitting, with a difference of only 6 points and 3 minutes and 06 seconds left in the game. In the decisive moment, Butler forced two deflections, and when he turned back, Doncic caught a glimpse of Brunson in the bottom corner of the ambush and passed the ball, who received the ball and fell on a three-pointer, but Adebayor scored twice in a row. However, the Heat lacked tacit understanding in defense, Kleber got an empty three-point shooting opportunity, he did not disappoint, rained three points, extended the point difference to 8 points, and in the end, the Lone Ranger narrowly won the Heat 107-99.
After this game, the Lone Ranger's record was 34 wins and 24 losses, continuing to rank fifth in the West, and the Heat's five-game winning streak was ended, with a record of 37 wins and 21 losses. In this game, Doncic felt cold, he played 38 minutes, 5 of 19, 2 of 7 three-pointers, contributed 21 points, 10 rebounds and 6 assists, 3 turnovers, plus or minus +3; Kleber was 5 of 10, with 19 points and 6 rebounds, Finney Smith was 5 of 9, with 14 points and 5 rebounds, Brunson was 6 of 14, with 19 points, 4 rebounds and 6 assists, and the last attack and pass directly killed the game, Bertans 12 points.
In terms of the Heat, Butler played 38 minutes in this game, tried his best, 8 of 18, 13 of 14 from the free throw line, missed two key goals in the last quarter, cut 29 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, plus or minus +4 team first, Adebayo 10 of 19, had 21 points, 12 rebounds and 3 assists, Lowry 8 of 4, took 13 points, 4 rebounds and 4 assists, and Utesevon had 11 points and 8 rebounds. Despite the loss, Butler showed superstar demeanor after the game, he and Doncic had a very pleasant chat, the picture of the two feeling sorry for each other was very warm, and the lone ranger after trading Bozin looked stronger.