On April 20, Beijing time, the Heat defeated the Hawks 115-105, the big score 2-0 lead, this game the Hawks began a strong lead of 4 points but was quickly overtaken, after half-time the Heat led by 2 points, the third quarter of the Heat played 31-22 to open to 11 points, the last quarter of the Eagles once shrank to 3 points, but Butler took 7 points to end the game.
In this game, McMillan changed his team to let Collins start in the fifth position, and the last poor Okungu returned to the bench, which was to maximize the space, the starting five can project three points to Trae Young to break through the space, this adjustment does make the Hawks attack better, but the problem on the defensive end is revealed, and the Heat leader Jimmy Butler is a hit-by-hit.
Butler played 10 minutes in the first quarter, 3 of 6, 1 of 2 three-pointers, 9 points and 1 rebound, and Butler, who barely made three-pointers in the regular season, hit his fourth three-pointer in the playoffs, and he was indeed a cold-blooded killer.
In the second quarter, Butler scored 9 minutes, 3 of 6, 1 of 1 three-pointer, 5 of 5 free throws, and 12 points in the single quarter, Butler has already fired 21 points at halftime (you must know that he only averaged 21 points per game in the regular season this season), and the other Heat players scored a total of 35 points in the half, Butler did play extremely perfectly in this game.
Butler played a full 12 minutes in the third quarter to help the Heat spread the point difference to 11 points, this quarter he was 5 of 6, 2 of 3 points, 4 of 5 from the free throw line and 15 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal, Butler was 11 of 18 in the third quarter, 3 of 5 from three points, and had 36 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 steal. (He scored 30+ in the last game of the season, back to March 26))
Playoff 'commentator' Kuzma spoke up again: Jimmy — he doesn't care about his stats, he only cares about winning, and if he wants to score points, he can score at least 25 points every night.
In the final quarter, when the Heat were narrowed to single digits by Bogdan's three-pointer, Butler had about 8 minutes left to appear, stealing a dragon dunk, assisting Lowry 2+1, Butler's 38 points was already the second highest score in his playoff career, and then he broke through to complete the dunk to take 40 points to tie the playoff high, and then Butler rebounded three points and hit a new playoff high of 43 points, and then broke through the score to score the 45th point. In the 39 minutes of the game, he shot 15 of 24 and scored 45 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 0 turnovers on 7 of 7 three-point range, shooting 62.5 percent.
Set multiple records: 1.45 points a new career high in the playoffs; 2. 40+ in the third playoffs; 3. 40+ in three playoff games; 4. The Heat chased LeBron James in three playoff history; 4. 45+5+5 in the first playoff game of his career.
Butler's performance has rushed to the hot search, and his dunks and assists have been touted by major media.
Reporters from major media across the United States began to forward Butler's performance of 36 points in the third quarter, and Butler showed his face in this game.
The Heat official tweeted: "This is a game that belongs to Jimmy Butler.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream