On April 27, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA playoffs continued. In today's East Focus game, the Heat hosted The Hawks played Game 5 of the series at home, and Oladipo was given the opportunity to start today due to injuries as Butler (right knee inflammation) and Lowry (left hamstring injury) were absent due to injuries.
As the game began, the Heat quickly fell behind 2-7, with Oladipo bursting into the basket on a counter-attack and hitting a defensive layup. Oladipo then flew on the right and glided to hit a layup again. Oladipo then received a pass from Vincent and hit a horse-riding archery shot near the free throw line. And that wasn't the end of it, after which Oladipo broke through to the basket to fight Collins against the layup!
In his first 4 shots, Oladipo hit them all. 8 points on 4-of-5 in a single quarter! After entering the second quarter, Oladipo reduced his shots, only shooting three points at the top of the arc and hitting steadily, in addition to causing fouls to shoot two free throws, cutting five points in a single quarter and completing two steals! Scoring 13 points on 5-of-6 shooting in the first half, the Heat led the Heat to a 54-42 lead over the Hawks in the first half!
After entering the third quarter of the game, the shooting rate of both sides to strengthen the defense dropped sharply. Facing the Eagles chasing points, Oladipo hit another three-pointer at the top of the arc, and Oladipo assisted Martin's dunk before the end of the quarter. However, in this quarter, Oladipo only had 1 of 6 with 3 points, 1 rebound and 1 steal, and the Heat led the Hawks 75-64.
In the final quarter, the Eagles chased only 3 points, Oladipo returned to the court and hit a key three-pointer against Hunter to stabilize the situation, after which Oladipo continued to change direction into the box to make a layup, and in the next round, Oladipo caused two fouls. In the first 59 seconds of the final game, the Heat only led by 2 points, Oladipo assisted Adebayo dunk, the Heat led by 4 points, and then Trae Young made one of two free throws, the Eagles failed in the final attack, and the Heat won!
In the end, the Heat beat the Hawks 97:94 at home, thus eliminating their opponents by an aggregate score of 4:1 to advance to the Eastern Conference semifinals, and they also became the second team to advance. In the absence of both Butler and Lowry, Oladipo was in danger, playing 36 minutes in the whole game, shooting 8-of-16, including 3-of-6 from three-point range and 4-of-4 from the free throw line, for a team-high 23 points, plus 1 rebound, 3 assists and 3 steals. It's important to know that Oladipo has been plagued by conservative injuries in recent years, having only made one appearance in the series. When the Heat suffered an injury crisis, the 2013 class of the class stood up!
According to the arrangement, the Heat will play against the winners of the 76ers and Raptors in the second round, and the 76ers currently lead the Raptors 3-2.