The Miami Heat finished the Black Eight. Jimmy Butler completes the Black Eight.
The last time Black Eight was in 2012, when Philadelphia beat the Bulls.
Philadelphia's playmaker that year was Holladay. At the end of the Bulls' bench sits rookie Jimmy Butler. Jimmy watched Holladay blacken himself.
Today, Jimmy Black Eight Holladay.
After the last game, I joked that Jimmy, really Jordan's son.
Jimmy is Jordan today too – even more like the last one.
Today's opening game did not look like Jimmy was smooth: he missed two free throws in the opening game.
In the first quarter, Jimmy kept a low-key hand-off and let Vincent hold the ball: Vincent scored nine points in eight minutes.
Jimmy doesn't have much possession. He knows who owns the team and knows when he needs to shoot. After Oladipo was injured, he had to warm up his teammates' hands.
Jimmy's first time he made a push was 19-18 in the first quarter; Speed up from the bottom corner, cover up Grayson Allen's three-pointer, dunk.
- In the next round, Jimmy copied Holladay's ball, a chase for three points, 24-18.
One blocks three points, one steals the ball: fight for the ball yourself, solve it yourself.
The Bucks were stopped, Giannis came on, and Jimmy went to position him himself: he lowered Giannis by half a head, but he didn't care.
——At this time last year, in the first round against the eagles, he also carried the No. 5 position.
Early in the second quarter, NBA TV had a fun vote: Jimmy scored 11 points and Giannis scored 14, but 63 percent of voting viewers thought Jimmy would have scored higher by the end of the game.
The fans' eyes are shining.
Early in the second quarter, it belonged to Haysmies and Lowry: Haysmies made the careless Miton and Giannis suffer, and Lowry forced a layup when Holladay was about to chase the score, and turned around to defend Lopez, who was one head above him.
This is the Heat's decisive defense today: small defense of the big, foul filling, flesh and blood confrontation.
Giannis hit 4 of 10 free throws in the second quarter – but if he made two or three more free throws, maybe the game would be over.
In the second half, the Heat went straight to the limit, but the Bucks started to pick up. When Giannis hit a back-to-back shot, Jimmy made a three-pointer and then burst out of Lopez to make it 75-73: when the Bucks took a timeout, Jimmy got up from the ground, licked his lips, and smiled coldly.
The killer's expression of just finishing his work.
The Bucks then played a climax, with a four-point counterattack from Gerresson; Jimmy hung Portis to hit a three.
- Jimmy is neither tall, nor fast, and his arms are short, why can he always break through?
- He knows the pace, the pace of attack and defense. Always protrude on the side of the opponent's front foot, often add a small front shake, the center of gravity is low enough, side shoulders, turn the crotch, attack the surface with a line, and once you can't cross the opponent, you will jump towards the opponent (DeRozan and Booker are also good at this) to exert force, up.
- Many people are like to take the first step big and go straight over (Magic Maddie, Thunder Durant); Jimmy's start is not big, rolling in front of you; But the final step to close the ball is often huge, so it often happens: the defender is not passed by Jimmy, followed, and finally Jimmy shoots when the defender is swung off the gap: maybe also fouled.
——The so-called hard, in fact, is just like this: the basic skills in confrontation.
But Middleton also made two three-pointers as the Bucks dragged into the fourth quarter 102-86. At that time, Lowry committed an offensive foul, and Jimmy did not stick a three.
- Almost okay, right? The Heat are 3-1 up after all, and they still have a home court. Hit like this, almost.
In the fourth quarter, Adebayo lit the fire and stiffened it, hitting Mitton for a 3-pointer, 91-102.
But this is just the beginning.
At that time, the Bucks used a full change defense, the twin towers of Lopez and Giannis chased everywhere, and the Heat patiently transferred: the twin towers are not fast after all, and there is always something that cannot be filled.
So Löw's three-pointer, the Heat chased 9 points.
Jimmy Butler came out: immediately went to defend Giannis.
- In 2007, Captain Jack, 198 cm, went to defend against a seven-foot decker.
——2023 Black Eight, 201 cm Jimmy to defend against seven-foot Yannis, it is also reasonable...
As soon as Jimmy came on the court, the wind and clouds scored 12 consecutive points, directly chasing 111 draws.
One jump shot, one three-pointer, and three inside-cut catches for layups.
- All from Adebayo's high and low line assists.
- There is no trick, it is the card position, low center of gravity, catch (non-dribbler pull), finish. Not fancy at all.
- Basic skills in confrontation.
In the last game, Jimmy scored 20 points in the first quarter to prevent a crash and won by 19 points in the fourth quarter.
Today, Jimmy climaxed with a block in the first quarter with a steal and a 12-point comeback in the fourth quarter.
Thanks to the mistakes the Bucks made, of course: After all, 14 seconds before the end of the game, the Bucks still led by four points.
But Vincent didn't forget the three-point feel in the opening game, and with Holladay's another 2-to-1 free throw, Jimmy magically completed the tie, overtime.
In overtime, the Bucks were already terrified by Jimmy.
Jimmy's layup led to the Bucks, and Adebayo scored a 120-118 dunk.
Giannis then faced Jimmy at the free throw line, but missed a mid-range shot, and Jimmy scored his 42nd point, 122-119.
The most dramatic moment of the game: Jimmy made a layup with one and a half minutes left, was covered by Lopez, and the Heat headed the ball; Jimmy moved, Holladay and Lopez were stunned, all the way to Jimmy to the bottom corner, the box was empty, and Zeller comfortably dunked to seal the victory.
I doubt that Jimmy Butler will be in the nightmare of all the watchers in Milwaukee that night.
So Jimmy Butler finished Black Eight.
Half of the Bucks lose, they deserve it: if they make one or two more free throws, and if that consecutive brain twitch mistake at the end of regular time makes one, it may be very different.
But today is the battle of momentum:
The Heat fouled with a crazy defensive belt in the first half to keep the Bucks from moving; Vincent took the ball in the opening quarter, Haysmies and Lowry in the second quarter, and Adebayo's high position in the fourth quarter and Loew's three-pointer, finally dragged to Jimmy to take over in the fourth quarter. By overtime, the Bucks were so chaotic that they leaked people in a row, and completely collapsed:
At that time, the Heat were even sent off with injuries, and there were not a few main players left, and they ran out of ammunition, but they stood - the Bucks were shocked by this momentum.
Jimmy Butler, 42 points after 56 points, carried through the battle of the game, and in the fourth quarter he scored 12 points to save the situation, and the overtime scared the Bucks.
Your own excellence. Let off-screen fans feel in advance that "he will score more than Giannis" deterrent.
Thirty-four years ago, in the first round of the East, the Bulls vs the Cavaliers Game 5, in the final moments, one goal was the winner. Coach Collins wanted center Kozny to shoot, but Jordan punched the tactical board and said give me the fuck ball!
And so there was the legendary The Shot.
In the last 2.1 seconds of today's game, coach Spoestra arranged the out-of-bounds ball catch. He wanted someone else to run, Jimmy said:
"Nope! I got it! ”
Coach Spoh: "OK, but what if we can't get this pass?" ”
Jimmy: "I'll get it, don't worry about that!" ”
A blow to life and death, take the initiative to ask for a rope, give me the ball, and I will solve it.
Received the ball. Back in the air, absolutely even overtime, complete the black eight.
That night, No. 23 Jordan shot 17-of-32 for 44 points to advance.
Today, No. 22 Jimmy scored 42 points on 17-of-33 shooting.
42 points, absolute draw, black eight, revenge:
Jimmy Butler, the ultimate downgram.