Original title: Butler’s physical exhaustion has a significant impact on 4 of 18 of the audience’s 18 consecutive non-stick knee injuries
On May 26, Beijing time, the 2021-22 NBA playoffs continued. The Miami Heat ushered in the fifth game of the Eastern Conference finals with the Boston Celtics at home, which is the battle of Tianwangshan. After the whole game, the Green Army defeated the Heat 93-80 with a total score of 3-2 and won the match point.
On the Heat side, Jimmy Butler scored 13 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals, making only 4 of 18 shots.
On the court, the Heat lost the away game. As the core, Butler is mainly responsible. He played very sluggishly, scoring only 6 points and 7 rebounds.
Obviously, although Butler returned from injury, the swelling of the knee still had a great impact on his state.
Returning to the home court, to the most important battle of Tianwangshan, Butler’s crisis continues. In the first half of the game, in the tug-of-war, he once again fell into inefficiency.
At the beginning of the first quarter, Butler caught the ball at the bottom corner. He shook off the opponent and then accelerated to the basket to score.
But since then, in response to Butler’s point, the defenders of the Green Army began to retreat intentionally. The retreat of the defense line, although it also created a big open three-point shot for Butler, allowing him to easily hit a three-pointer. But most of the time, Butler did lose the space to hit the basket, and the offensive end also encountered huge obstacles.
It is undeniable that Butler has also worked hard to contribute his talents in other offensive and defensive links. However, due to his misfiring of this heavy artillery, the Heat’s offense is still in a semi-paralyzed state.
Changing sides to fight again, Butler hit another ball, but his points accumulated at a turtle speed. Although, JB has never been a star who is afraid of taking responsibility, but under the tight marking of opponents, it seems that his physical fitness and technical potential have been tapped to the limit.
If we say, playing the ball, Oladipo on the bench stood up and used 20+ performance to cover up Butler. So this night, the firepower was replaced by Adebayor, as well as Vincent and Duncan Robinson on the bench, but the efforts of these role players did not change the stalemate.
As the game progressed, Butler’s fatigue became more and more apparent, and this physical bottleneck was obviously something he couldn’t overcome with his mental strength. In the final quarter, Butler’s shooting even failed to score, and he could only reluctantly increase the score by free throws.
On the scene, as the Green Army blossomed more, the score gradually increased from 10 points to 20 points, and the suspense of victory was basically lost.
After losing this game, the Heat’s journey in the series has been very passive. What’s more, with Butler in a complete downturn, with his potential being tapped out, the Heat can’t come up with much offense.
Although, in the game, Adebayo, Dun Luo and others could also score some points piecemeal, but with Butler this was completely suppressed. The Heat want to adjust again, and it is impossible to find new ways to win. (Poirot)Return to Sohu, see more
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