On April 23, Beijing time, the first round of the Eastern Playoffs G3, the Hawks returned home to meet the Heat, the first two games of the Heat occupied an absolute advantage, but before this battle, the Heat and the infighting, Butler bluntly said that he was unwilling to play with Oladipo, creating a winning opportunity for the Hawks.
Due to the delay in the start of the game due to the suspicious package found on the sidelines, the first half of the two sides were evenly matched, and the Heat scored 7 consecutive points after the Eagles returned to a 10-2 small climax, and the Heat led by 2 points at the end of the first quarter. The two teams continued to fight in the second quarter, the Hawks broke out to play a 10-0 attack wave to grasp the initiative, and the Hawks rebounded by 7 points 61-54 at halftime.
Easy side battle, the Eagles suddenly cut off the power, the Heat used the defensive counterattack to blast out a 21-0 offensive climax, the Eagles stopped the bleeding in a wave of 9-1, and the Heat still had an 8-point advantage after the third quarter, but Lowry unfortunately retired from injury. The Heat took the lead in the final quarter to extend the point difference by taking the lead in a 9-3 offensive attack, and the Hawks counterattacked and set off a 21-7 offensive climax to smooth out the disadvantage. After that, the situation fell into a white-hot situation, tucker hit the bottom corner three-pointer at the critical moment, the Heat attack was not hit, the Hawks got the rebound and gave it directly to Trae Young to deal with, he rushed to the free throw line near the free throw line in the chaos, facing Butler's defense and throwing the ball into the counter-score, leaving only 4.4 seconds for the Heat, Butler counter-killed, the Eagles 111-110 to extinguish the Heat to make the score 1-2.
There are rules for love, Trae Young can't be the mayor of Miami at the same time, and the mayor of Atlanta is still pinched to death. He played 40 minutes and 24 seconds, shooting 6 of 14, 2 of 6 three-pointers, 10 of 12 free throws, and scored 24 points, 4 boards, 8 assists and 1 break. Shot Borgdan scored 7 of 17 (4 of 9 from three) and scored 18 points, 8 boards, 6 assists, 2 breaks and 1 cap, and scored 9 points in the last quarter to help the team reverse.
In this game, the Hawks trailed by at most 16 points, but finally reversed the victory, setting the third largest reverse point difference in the team's history in the playoffs, the first two of which were set by the 76ers in last year's Eastern Conference semifinals (26 points and 18 points).
Lowry's injury retreat on the heat is still relatively large, Butler won 20 points, 10 boards, 8 assists, 2 breaks, 1 cap, 2 turnovers and 0 fouls in 41 minutes, he and Hiro have been singled in the last quarter, forcing some unreasonable shots, allowing the Hawks to make a major breakthrough tonight.