On April 18, Beijing time, the Heat was reversed by Philadelphia 104-105 away, the Heat once led Philadelphia by as many as 14 points in this game, the Heat began to collapse in the second half, and was quickly overtaken by Philadelphia in the final quarter, Herro led a wave of 6-0 to overtake Embiid at the critical moment after the critical moment, and the foul tactics Herro grabbed a three-pointer, but only 0.3 seconds left Philadelphia served to win.
In this game, Jimmy Butler was on the No. 1 hot search in the United States, on the one hand, he was very tough in the first half, and on the other hand, he was directly invisible in the second half, and he pretended to be in front of the camera.
Butler collided with Oubre with 1.5 seconds left in the first quarter and suffered a suspected sprained right knee, but he rested for a while to continue the battle, and he was hailed as a tough guy. However, he scored 10+4+4 steals on 2-of-8 in the first half.
Directly invisible in the second half, 2 of 8 in the third quarter, 1 of 2 in the final quarter, 3 of 10 in the entire second half scored 9 points, 3 rebounds and 1 steal, and only 2 points in the crucial fourth quarter were all due to Herro and Harkes, you must know that he is the supergiant of the Heat.
Butler finished 39 minutes in the game, 5-of-18, 2-of-6 three-pointers, 7-of-8 free throws, 19 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 5 steals, shooting 27.8% from the field, 33.3% from three-point range, and 44.1% from the field.
Mocked by the Philadelphia media: In the playoffs, Butler wanted to use injuries as an excuse to avoid criticism because he pretended to limp every time he faced the camera.
And Mei Ji wrote: This is not a playoff Butler, he didn't take every game seriously during the regular season, and the Heat would have had a chance to play in the playoffs.
The American media wrote that many Heat fans are shouting why did they have to play Butler in the fourth quarter?
Butler was 5-of-18 from the field, while Batum, who was opposite him, was 7-of-12 from the field and 6-of-10 from three-point range, scoring 20 points, 5 rebounds and 1 block, and 24.7 seconds before the end Batum blocked Herro to seal the win for Philadelphia.
Mourning and Riley must have been very worried when they looked at Butler.
Butler also came off the court with his head down in frustration, knowing he had one more chance to break out.
Text/Yan Xiaobai's basketball dream