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Butler has completed self-redemption, the key three free throws to help the team 103-102 rally, as long as the next 3 seconds to prevent the Celtics' final attack, the team will advance to the Finals, as a result, Coach Spall "misused 1" to make a huge mistake.
Butler 24+11+8, but was counter-killed by White
In the last two minutes of the game, Butler made three points, forced a foul and made two free throws, faced Horford to fight back 2+1, and then forced Horford to make a three-point foul, one person scored 11 consecutive points to help the team complete the rally 103-102, with only 3 seconds left before the team advanced to the Finals, the Heat only needed to complete the last defense, and as a result, Coach Spall suddenly activated Strus.
In the first three quarters of the game, Strus appeared for 25 minutes and 14 seconds, 3 of 8, 2 of 5 from three-point range with only 10 points, 1 rebound and 3 assists, the lowest plus-minus of -10 in the team, so into the final game, Coach Spall directly abandoned him, because, not only did he not storm offense, but also the defense did not reach normal state, as a result, in the 3 seconds of the tiebreaker, Coach Spall replaced him on the court again, the consequences:
The Heat's last gesture
One hug and one defense, there is nothing wrong with Strus being in the assistant defense position, but then his choice?
Strus assisted in the defense too much
When Tatum cut outside, Butler had already followed, and notice that at this time Strus actually went straight up and tried to cut off White's pass to Tatum, and his assistant defense was obviously too large, making the first mistake.
Strus has already assisted in the follow-up to the oversized one
When White passed the ball to Smart, Struss's overshoot had already given the latter a chance to get rid of Vincent's three-pointer, and the worse result was:
Strus didn't go all out to recycle the basket
White had already cut from the sideline to the basket after serving, and Strus was completely behind him, so:
Strus was made up by White
Without any interference, White easily came to the basket to complete the basket, and Strus was completely left behind.
White made up the basket instantly
Let's take another look at the process with GIFs, and you'll see that Strus's last defense was completely "criminal."
Note that since the entire final game has not been played, when Coach Spall suddenly replaced him, Strus made a big mistake in the final defense, and from another perspective, Spoh's substitution defense is really a bit debatable.
As a result, the team could have advanced to the game and was dragged by the Celtics to the Big Seven, and from the situation, the Heat were in a passive situation, and once the team was finally eliminated, it would be a mistake for Spall to replace Strus in the last 3 seconds today.