” I know what went wrong. ” For Bam Adebayo, the explanation for the narrow defeat of the Heat, in Game 2 in New York, is in the middle of the fourth quarter. ” The turning point was when I ran into Isaiah (Hartenstein) and (Jalen) Brunson converted a 3-point field goal with the foul, technically “, develops the pivot.
He is referring here to what happened seven minutes from the end of the meeting. Caleb Martin had just converted an award-winning basket to give his team a two-possession lead (87-93). Thereupon, Tom Thibodeau took a time-out after which the action in question occurred.
After a good New York ball circulation, Julius Randle found Jalen Bruson, alone in the 3-point corner. Adebayo was going to challenge him but Hartenstein opposed with his body and collapsed on contact with his Florida counterpart.
Once the replays were examined, the referees validated the 3-point basket of the Knicks point guard and awarded a free throw to the pivot, effectively a four-point action. Behind, Miami lost its first ball of the quarter, then Brunson sanctioned again with a “fadeaway” closer to the circle.
And that’s how New York signed a 6-0 and Erik Spoelstra had to take a time-out in turn, just one minute after that of the opposing coach. ” Behind, there was a kind of four-minute possession, it was physical. It felt like three hours in a cloud of dust. It swung the dynamic, and they took the advantage », describes Erik Spoelstra on what followed the fault of his pivot.
A record for non-drafted players
” I have to be better. I felt like this game depended on me and I lost it for us. I played very badly. I take this game for me “Throws the stone the pivot, author of 15 points (5/10), 8 rebounds and 6 assists. Severe with himself, he knows that he was particularly expected in this meeting in the absence of Jimmy Butler. At his side, Caleb Martin (22 points), Gabe Vincent (21) or Max Strus (17) did the job.
ESPN notice Incidentally, the team’s undrafted players scored 74 of the team’s 105 points, a record in the “modern” NBA era (since 1966). Seeing undrafted players bring at least 50 points in a playoff game had only happened five times. And it’s been the Heat every time, for the past two seasons.
So yes, Bam Adebayo and the Heat can harbor some regrets with this defeat. But also congratulate themselves on having come very close to a second victory, despite the return of Julius Randle on the other side and the absence of Jimmy Butler from theirs.
” We have to find a way to try to win without our key player. We were close, we had an opportunity. We didn’t win but we did a good job playing hard “, Appreciates Kyle Lowry. ” On both sides of the pitch, we did everything we needed to give ourselves a chance to win away from home. Our guys were in the fight “, completes his coach.
“ We really wanted this game and I think we should have won. He was in our hands and we let him go. It’s tough but playing without our best player has been inspiring. It was good to see other guys get involved and fight like that, but we absolutely wanted to go home with the victory “, still regrets Max Strus, whose training will play again on Saturday evening in Florida.
| Shots | Bounces | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | GM | Minimum | Shots | 3 points | LF | Off | Def | Early | pd | bp | Int | CT | party | Points |
| Jimmy Butler | 64 | 33.4 | 53.9 | 35.0 | 85.0 | 2.2 | 3.7 | 5.9 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0.3 | 1.3 | 22.9 |
| Bam Adebayo | 75 | 34.6 | 54.0 | 8.3 | 80.6 | 2.5 | 6.7 | 9.2 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 2.8 | 20.4 |
| Tyler Herro | 67 | 34.9 | 43.9 | 37.8 | 93.4 | 0.4 | 5.0 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 2.4 | 0.8 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 20.1 |
| Max Strus | 80 | 28.4 | 41.0 | 35.0 | 87.6 | 0.6 | 2.6 | 3.2 | 2.1 | 0.9 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 2.1 | 11.5 |
| Kyle Lowry | 55 | 31.2 | 40.4 | 34.5 | 85.9 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 11.2 |
| Victor Oladipo | 42 | 26.3 | 39.7 | 33.0 | 74.7 | 0.4 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 10.7 |
| Caleb Martin | 71 | 29.3 | 46.4 | 35.6 | 80.5 | 1.2 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 1.0 | 0.4 | 2.0 | 9.6 |
| Gabe Vincent | 68 | 25.9 | 40.2 | 33.4 | 87.2 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 2.3 | 9.4 |
| Kevin Love | 21 | 19.9 | 38.8 | 29.7 | 85.7 | 0.8 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 7.7 |
| Cody Zeller | 15 | 14.4 | 62.7 | 0.0 | 68.6 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 2.2 | 6.5 |
| Duncan Robinson | 42 | 16.5 | 37.1 | 32.8 | 90.6 | 0.2 | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 6.4 |
| Dewayne Dedmon | 30 | 11.7 | 49.6 | 29.7 | 72.7 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 2.0 | 5.7 |
| Nikola Jovic | 15 | 13.6 | 40.6 | 22.9 | 94.7 | 0.6 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 5.5 |
| Jamal Cain | 18 | 13.3 | 56.1 | 35.0 | 77.3 | 0.8 | 2.1 | 2.9 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1.2 | 5.4 |
| Omer Yurtseven | 9 | 9.2 | 59.3 | 42.9 | 83.3 | 0.9 | 1.7 | 2.6 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.8 | 4.4 |
| Haywood Highsmith | 54 | 18.0 | 43.1 | 33.9 | 46.4 | 1.1 | 2.4 | 3.5 | 0.8 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 4.4 |
| Udonis Haslem | 7 | 10.1 | 34.5 | 33.3 | 80.0 | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.6 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.6 | 3.9 |
| Jamaree Bouyea | 4 | 16.3 | 46.2 | 40.0 | 50.0 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 3.8 |
| Orlando Robinson | 31 | 13.7 | 52.8 | 0.0 | 71.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 4.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 3.7 |
| Dru Smith | 5 | 13.4 | 35.7 | 16.7 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.2 |
