Another team in the East got match points, this time the first Heat in the East. Facing the Hawks on the road, the Heat powered up in the second quarter, leading by up to 26 points in the game, beating the Hawks 110-86 on the road to achieve a 24-point victory and 3-1 match points. It should be pointed out that Butler once again scored 36 points, and it was 0 turnovers, and the Heat only had 6 turnovers across the team, which is how strong they are, becoming one of the favorites in the East.
The gap between the strength of the Heat and the Eagles is obvious, the Eagles still rely more on Trae Young's feel, and in the case of Capela's injury, their internal line is even more unable to compete with the Heat. The Heat are the first in the East in the regular season, and their overall configuration is still very reasonable, and they have a lot of experience in the playoffs. In the first two home games, the Heat won easily, although the third game was killed, but they got the match point in the fourth game.
In this matchup, Capela returned, but still could not change the situation, the two teams in the first quarter is still very fierce, but in the second quarter, the Hawks' unstable weakness of the attack was fully exposed, they only got 15 points in the single quarter, and the Heat won 15 points 30-15 in a single quarter, opening up the point difference. Trae Young's feel is not good, especially the three-point shot on the outside line can not find the rhythm, he can only shoot all the time, but the effect is very poor. Butler became the key to the Heat's win, scoring 13 points in the second quarter and 12 points in the fourth quarter, leading the team to completely widen the point difference.
In the fourth quarter, the Heat maintained an advantage of more than 20 points, the Hawks gave up early, and the Heat also won a big victory as desired, 3-1 to get the match point. From the full-court data, Butler got 36 points, 10 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals, and it was 0 turnovers, plus-minus was +14, leading the team to win. With Lowry injured, Butler showed his worth. In the whole game, the Heat only had 6 turnovers across the team, and 3 were final stage garbage time deliveries, while the Hawks had as many as 15 times, which is also a real gap.
Not surprisingly, the next game the Heat back at home to beat the Hawks is very likely, they will play against the winners of Philadelphia and raptors in the next round, Philadelphia is now 3-1 to get the match point, so if the Heat and Philadelphia meet, who can qualify?