After four seasons of fighting, with the excellent performance of jimmy Butler, the core of the team, the G2 Heat team won the first round of the playoffs to the Hawks 115-105, and the big score was 2-0 at the next city, but also successfully seized the absolute initiative of the series!
Head coach Spollstra lined up and continued to play high-pressure defense on the defensive end, with Trae Young pushing him to score and lower the Hawks' athletic score.
At the same time, on the offensive end, Spoo also judged the situation, took advantage of Butler's fiery hand, led the Heat to comprehensively suppress the opponent, and won a big victory!
As the home star of the Heat, Butler ushered in a full-scale outbreak in this game, and it can almost be said that he dominated both ends of the game with his own strength.
Butler was extremely efficient, starting 38 minutes, shooting 60% of the 15-of-25 shooting, and even the worst three-pointer was 4-of-7 shooting to find a crosshair.
Throughout the game, the fiery Butler also exploded a game-high 45 points, plus 5 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, and won a new playoff single-game scoring high!
More importantly, while ushering in the playoff milestone, Butler has not personally made mistakes and fouls, with a plus-minus of +19 on the field, which is second only to Dominique Wilkins in the history of the league, and the player who scored 45+5+5 and 0 turnovers and 0 fouls in a single game in the playoffs can be said to have set a bright record!
I have to say that although the performance of the two main players G2 in lowry + Adebayo is not eye-catching, there is a saying that both offensive and defensive ends have played aggressive Butler, and indeed proved with practical actions that he still has excellent leadership ability.
For the Heat, in the case of a 2-0 advantage in the series and Butler continuing to play an efficient performance, this Heat team has also become a team in the Eastern Conference playoffs, a team that cannot be underestimated!
On the other hand, the Eagles, after the fiasco of G1, head coach McMillan G2 took the initiative to make adjustments, transferring Collins back to the starting partner Trae Young.
But the team was once again crushed in full swing at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, and the playoffs scored 0-2 into a passive performance, which was obviously still a bit disappointing!
But rationally speaking, for the Eagles, this battle, the team is not completely without gains and highlights!
After all, G1's poor performance of Bogdanovic, G2 finally found the feeling of the playoffs, and played a fairly good game performance.
In this game, Pogdanovic rebounded strongly, starting 28 minutes, shooting nearly 70% of the 12-of-18 shooting, and hitting 5 three-pointers on the outside line, cutting a team-high 29 points, plus 4 rebounds and 3 assists.
Although it failed to help the Hawks win, Pogdanovic ushered in an outbreak in the final quarter, and the heroic performance of scoring 19 points from the inside and outside did bring great pressure and trouble to the Heat, and it can be said that although the defeat was glorious!
Just compared with the fiery Bogdanovic, as the leader of the team, the play of Trae Young in this game is indeed a bit stretched.
Although Trae Young's offensive end has improved, delivering a good performance of 25 points + 6 rebounds + 7 assists, rationally speaking, his 10 three-point shots on the outside line are only 2 of 10 shots, and there are as many as 10 personal mistakes, or the Hawks have buried a lot of great opportunities to chase points!
Obviously, for the Hawks, who are 0-2 behind, in the next game of G3 and G4 back at home, how the Hawks crack the Heat's defensive strategy of packing Trey Young, and how to limit Butler's play, will also become the key to whether the Hawks can win back a city in the big score!
As for whether the Hawks can save face in front of the home fans and retain the suspense of the series in the next G3 and G4 key battles, we seem to have to wait and see.