After a 3-1 lead in the first round of the playoff series, the Miami Heat are back at home for the crucial G5 battle. However, the team's star Butler did not appear in the team's roster due to sore knees. As early as the previous G3 battle, Lowry left the game early due to hamstring injuries, and has not been able to attract a comeback so far, and Now as the team's star, Butler has also come to the injury seat, and the Heat want to urgently prepare the Eastern Conference semifinals as soon as possible, as if it is not so easy.
However, with Butler sidelined due to injury, the Heat's Oladipo was given the opportunity to prove himself. That's right, after the comeback in the G4 war, the bench played 23 minutes to send a comprehensive data of 6 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, helping the team to win the opponent's key 28 points! And this time to get the opportunity to start the game, he did not pull across the team, showing his talent as a top-notch show. Moreover, Hiro, a scoring wizard who was once a dud, also played the technical level he should have, and the Heat's chances of winning are still ideal.
At the beginning of the game, the two sides engaged in a sticky score tug-of-war, and the scores of the two sides were once staggered in a state of lead. The Heat's home star Butler and starting point guard Lowry were absent in succession, and the Hawks took advantage of some advantages with a 22-21 score. However, after entering the second quarter of the showdown, the Heat, which was getting better, launched a corresponding counterattack and seized the initiative to take the lead. Strus played a scoring wizard, handing over 12 points and 3 rebounds to help the team take the lead with a 33-20 score.
At the end of the first half, the Heat took a 12-point lead. And YiBian fought again, the Eagles did not compromise, still chose a desperate bet, trying to complete the final reversal. In the third quarter of the competition, with the team's players blossoming more points, they played a 22-21 score, recovering the first half of the trailing 1 point. In the final quarter of the tiebreaker, the Eagles can continue to chase points. Trae Young was always limited by Tucker, but Hunter stepped up and blasted a crucial 18 points in the final quarter. Unfortunately, in the final decisive stage, he graduated early because he got his sixth foul.
Hunter played the style of the king of the final quarter, leading the team to a 30-22 score, chasing back the previous eight points behind, while the Heat still won the game with an aggregate score of 97-94. Looking back at the game, Hunter can be described as doing his best, scoring 18 points in the final quarter, playing nearly 43 minutes, and sending a key 35 points and 11 rebounds of luxury data. However, the data performance of the other players of the Eagles is very bad, and the star Trae Young only has 11+8+6 data output. Hunter, who sent explosive data, could only fall into the embarrassment of being alone.
After losing again, the Hawks also became the second team to be kicked out of the game this season, following in the Nets' footsteps and going home early to fish. On the other hand, the Heat, who were promoted at home, Butler was absent, and Lowry failed to return to the game, and 5 players on their team scored double digits, and the overall data output was very good. In particular, Oladipo, who started the game, even handed over the team's highest score of 23 points, as well as 3 assists and 3 steals of comprehensive data, as well as Adebayor, who handed over 20+11 double-double data. The reality is always so harsh that the Eagles lost again in front of the residual Heat, giving them a chance but not using it.