Original title: Butler retired from injury! Adebayor guest core 29+10!Immortal jump shot to win
On May 22, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA playoffs continued. The Miami Heat ushered in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics. After the whole game, the Heat beat the Green Army 109-103 in twists and turns, rewriting the total score of the series to 2-1.
On the Heat side, after Butler retired from injury, Adebayor propped up the team’s offense, scoring 31 points, 10 rebounds, 6 assists and 4 steals.
In the first two games of the series, Butler’s exhaustion was visible to the naked eye.
In the last game, the Heat defeated the Green Army at home. Butler was unable to support himself, and it consumed most of his physical energy.
So, when it comes to G3, what people want to know most is who can stand up and relieve Butler. In the first quarter, the supporting actors of the Heat quickly gave the answer.
In this game, Lowry returned to the starting lineup with an injury, and quickly sent two assists in the opening stage. In addition, Struth and Tucker made three-pointers on the outside, and Adebayor also worked on the inside. After Lowry netted a three-pointer, the Heat had established a 10-point advantage in the early stages of the game.
Next, Adebayor replaced Butler as the team’s main attack point. During this period, he had consecutive opportunities to attack in dislocation in the interior, and because of the absence of Robert Williams, Reba once again won the bonus of the penalty area. Such a scene is still relatively familiar to Reba.
In the semifinal against the 76ers, Reba once showed his might on the inside when Embiid was injured. In this game, Reba’s attack was equally sharp. In the latter part of this quarter, he scored a layup and scored 12 points in a single quarter. This score was higher than his overall score in the first two games of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Not only Adebayor, but since then, other role players of the Heat have also taken turns, and the difference has always been maintained at more than 20 points. Throughout the first half, the Heat’s performance made the North Shore Garden Arena, home of Boston, completely quiet.
But after changing sides and fighting again, the Heat suffered bad news. The star Butler suddenly retired due to knee inflammation. The Green Army also took the opportunity to set off a counterattack climax.
At the critical moment, it was Adebayor’s tough tip that made it 2+1 to stop the bleeding for the Heat. He also relied on his restraint on the inside, and Hiro and Tucker on the outside got shooting opportunities successively.
In the following games, the Heat will no longer be able to go all out on both ends of the offense and defense as they did in the first half, but by shrinking the front line and consolidating the defense, they can still stabilize their advantage.
In the final quarter, when the Heat attacked the entire line of misfire, Adebayor made another jumper and continued to score points for the team. In the latter part of the game, when the Green Army once narrowed the score to 1 point, it was Adebayor who stood up. He held the ball and faced Horford once, and when there was not enough time, he forcibly took off and shot. In this ball, Horford did not lose position at all, but Reba still scored the ball under the disturbance of his body imbalance.
And it was this ball that completely extinguished the Green Army’s hope of a counterattack. With Butler injured, Adebayo became the absolute core of the Heat this night. (Poirot)Return to Sohu, see more
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