The NBA regular season continued, with the East ushering in a strong and weak dialogue, and the Heat went to the road to challenge the Hornets.
Before the game began, the Hornets, one of the big dark horses in the East this season, were in the midst of a fluctuating record, and the overall record showed a downward trend, and the ranking had fallen to ninth in the East.
In contrast, the Heat are low and high, in the case of poor start performance, the team once reached the first place in the East, but recently the state has declined, losing the first place in the East before the start of the game, trailing the first Bulls by 0.5 wins.
As soon as the game began, the Heat were mainly away from home, and under the leadership of Lowry and Butler, they played a series of offensive climaxes, quickly establishing a double-digit lead.
The Hornets also showed no weakness, fully demonstrating the advantage of the interior line, and successfully narrowed the point gap to only 7 points at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, the Hornets still had an absolute advantage in the inner line, the outside Oubre also found the feel, coupled with the Heat's entire team's pantomime, only scored 10 points in a single quarter, which allowed the Hornets to complete the score reversal in a wave, but instead entered the halftime with a 7-point lead.
Easy side to fight again, the Heat is still in a state of mute, fortunately, the Hornets also lost their touch on the offensive end, and the two teams began a crazy iron fight.
Throughout the quarter, the two teams could only score points by free throws, and at the end of the third quarter, the two teams were tied by 17 points in a single quarter, and the Hornets still led by 7 points.
Entering the final quarter, the Heat lost again inside the line, and the Hornets, led by Harrell, quickly widened the point difference to double digits.
Fortunately, the Heat began to pick up after that, and Lowry, Butler and Duncan Robinson successively made efforts to successfully complete the score reversal.
The two teams have been fighting since then, with several controversial penalties during the period, but with Harrell's dunk, the Hornets equalized and the two teams entered the first overtime.
In the first overtime, Lowry once dominated the game, one person scored 8 consecutive points, but after the Hornets, Bridges and Harrell stepped forward to solve the problem, and Butler was blocked, and the team entered the second overtime.
In the second overtime, the Hornets' backcourt brain Ball's departure from the court became a turning point, after which the Heat's Butler scored five consecutive points to directly open the score.
After that, Dunro resisted the pressure at a critical moment and killed the score through free throws, and finally the Heat fought hard after double overtime, narrowly defeating the Hornets 111-107, giving the latter three consecutive losses, and the team also refused to lose two consecutive games.
And with this victory, the Heat's record came to 38 wins and 21 losses, successfully equalizing the Bulls in terms of record, and with the winning advantage, returned to the first position in the East, defeated the ninth Hornets, and also let the eighth Nets sit on the profit.
This game also shows the characteristics and strength of this heat team this season.
Butler played 51 minutes, with a shoulder injury, 5 of 24 shooting, and handed over 15 points, 10 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 blocks.
Despite his poor personal efficiency and successive missed kills, Butler maintained his confidence and hardness, scoring 5 consecutive points at the end of the second overtime to complete his self-redemption.
Butler had the opportunity to redeem himself thanks to another core Lowry and three-point shooter Duncan Robinson.
Lowry played 46 minutes, 9 of 16 shooting, handed over 25 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, and played two overtime, 5 of 7 in overtime, with 12 points and 2 assists, and the Lakers refused to send Horton Tucker for Lowry last season, which can only be said that the Purple and Gold Army lost a lot.
Duncan Robinson played 44 minutes and made 6-of-13 three-pointers for 21 points, four rebounds and five assists.