After losing the first two games of the series, Trae Young, who returned to the home game, finally showed his cards, led the team to complete the kill, and successfully pulled back a city. Although so far, the Heat still maintain a 2-1 lead, but there is still a lot of suspense in this series. The Heat have to win two games if they want to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals, and how can the Eagles compromise so easily? As a dark horse team on the playoff stage last season, the Hawks are also experienced in the playoffs and have the ability to fight back.
At the beginning of this game, the Hawks, who played at home, were indeed able to take the lead in entering the state and get the initiative to take the lead. Capela, who had previously suffered an injury, returned to the court and sent 2 points and 5 rebounds in the first quarter, Trae Young also had 6 points and 3 assists in the 12 minutes of the game, and Hunter, who sent a key 11 points with a 100% shooting rate in the third quarter. With the team's players in succession, the Eagles took advantage of the trend to play a 26-25 score to get a one-point lead.
But no one would have imagined that the Hawks, who entered the second quarter of the showdown, would fall into a scoring drought, allowing the Heat to seize the opportunity to counterattack. Butler showed his might in the second quarter, shooting 5 of 6 in a single quarter, 3 of 3 from the free throw line, sending 13 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 steals and 1 block, and helping the team play a 30-15 score, not only recovering the 1 point behind in the first quarter, but also achieving a 14-point counterattack at halftime 55-41. Taking the lead, the Heat became more confident in the next game.
The Heat, who had a double-digit lead, were able to follow the trend and play 25-20 again to take a five-point lead. By the time it reached the crucial final-quarter showdown, the gap had widened to 19 points, and the Hawks were beaten to no avail. In the regular time of the fourth quarter of the decisive victory, the Heat did not choose to drag the mud and water, and played a 30-25 score with a single blow. In the end, the fourth quarter was over the regular time, and the Heat completed a 24-point victory with a score of 110-86, and won the series match point with a big score of 3-1.
Butler, who played away, played absolute dominance and showed his league tough guy style. That's right, he delivered a game-high 36 points and 10 rebounds and 4 assists in the 36.5 minutes. At the same time, the performance of the other starters in the team is relatively good, and the scores have reached double digits, which can be described as a high state of full staff. It is worth saying that in the final quarter of the tiebreaker, Butler was also cheered by the fans in the process of free throws, and the Eagles' home stadium sounded the call of MVP.
In contrast, however, the Hawks' home star Trae Young's performance is inexhaustible. He had just finished the whistle throw before, and the game was actually dumb! In the 35.3 minutes of his single game, he only shot a poor shooting percentage of 3 of 11, as well as a crotch-pulling performance of 9 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists and 5 turnovers. There is no harm without comparison, the performance of the two teams' star statistics is far apart, and the Eagles lose with almost no suspense.