![]() ![]() StatMuse with multiple triple-doubles in a Finals series in NBA history: In short, it was one of the best NBA Finals games in recent memory, in part because it featured one of the best one-on-one duels in the league's championship history. There's little sense in trying to describe what went down in the Association on Friday between the Heat and Lakers. Heat C Bam Adebayo: 13 points, 4 assists, 4 rebounds Heat SG Duncan Robinson: 26 points, 5 rebounds, 2 assists Heat SF Jimmy Butler: 35 points, 12 rebounds, 11 assists, 5 steals Lakers SG Kentavious Caldwell-Pope: 16 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists Lakers F/C Anthony Davis: 28 points, 12 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 steals, 3 blocks Lakers G/F LeBron James: 40 points, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, 3 steals ![]() The Heat are looking for their fourth-ever NBA title and first since 2013. is looking to win its first NBA title in 10 years and its 17th overall, which would push the Lakers into a tie with the Boston Celtics for the most NBA Finals wins of all time. The Heat now trail the Lakers three games to two in the best-of-seven matchup. He averaged 19.3 points and 6.4 rebounds, while shooting 60.2 percent from the field and 48.9 percent from 3-point land - those shooting percentages are not typos - and capped things off with a 26-point, 10-rebound effort in Game 7.NBA TV (35 PTS, 12 REB & 11 AST) BALLED OUT. The Heat simply don't win this series if he doesn't play the best basketball of his life. When Martin was on the floor, the Heat had a plus-9.6 net rating when he sat, they were at minus-4.2. ![]() While Martin grew into a solid role player with the Heat this season, no one could have predicted his star turn against the Celtics, where he was arguably the best player on the floor for large stretches of the matchup and time and again kept the Heat afloat when Butler was on the bench. None did so better than Caleb Martin, who after this series may just deserve to be grouped into a new big three in Miami alongside Butler and Bam Adebayo instead. Overall this series was about the Heat's supporting cast stepping up in spectacular fashion, rather than a one-man show from Butler. He had forgettable outings in Games 3 through 5, was a disastrous 5-of-21 from the field in Game 6 and shot 42 percent from the field in the seven games. He averaged 24.7 points, 7.6 rebounds, 6.1 assists and 2.6 steals per game, and had a signature moment in Game 2 when he helped drag them back from a large fourth-quarter deficit after his dust-up with Grant Williams.īut while his numbers look strong and he had a few big performances, this was not a mythical "Playoff Jimmy" series like we saw in the first round against the Milwaukee Bucks. ![]() So it goes when you're the star player you shoulder the blame when the team loses and you get the accolades when the team wins, even if you don't always fully deserve either.īutler was the Heat's statistical leader in this series in every major category besides rebounding. A fascinating Eastern Conference finals ended in shocking fashion on Monday, as the Miami Heat crushed the Boston Celtics on the road in Game 7, 103-84 to earn a trip to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2020 and avoid being the first team to blow a 3-0 series lead.Īfter the game, as the Heat celebrated inside a rapidly-emptying TD Garden, Jimmy Butler was awarded the Eastern Conference finals MVP trophy, which he won by a narrow margin over Caleb Martin, five votes to four. ![]()
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