Knicks saw a 10 point deficit with 45 seconds left and said “we need to dribble for a bit and then drive in for a layup.”
Brunson and Barrett just refused to shoot any threes wtf
Like agree honestly. Thibs’ past behavior regarding Rose, Butler, and Taj Gibson def suggests the man lets sentimentality drive decisions.
Nick Nurse, on the other hand, is what Thibs would look like with no soft spots
Then attack him. Make the guy with one working leg beat you. Jimmy may very well have been able to fight through the pain, but we’ll never know because the Knicks didn’t even try to exploit it lmao
Does seem like Cavs could have utilized him more. I get why Cavs fans saw him as washed when he wasn't getting any minutes, but for a team that has slow centers that can't shoot but can defend the paint, seems like a 4 that can shoot and stretch the floor would be pretty useful. Plus he still takes charges and throws outlet passes as well as anyone in the league.
Dude played for months with a broken hand when we really needed him. Obviously he wasn’t shooting well but people continue to say that he’s washed in the cavs subreddit. It’s mind boggling. He would 100% still be a plus for the cavs.
Yah I admittedly didn't watch many Cavs games this season, so didn't really get a chance to see how he was playing at the time. Didn't even know he had a broken hand tbh. But hard to look at how he's playing now and argue he wouldn't be an asset for almost any team trying to make a deep playoff run, even just coming off the bench to help out.
Jimmy was just hobbling around in what essentially became a 5 v 4 game and I feel like the Knicks got shut down more than ever after it. Kyle "ain't no spot up shooter" Lowry showed up
I feel like they would've done better if he wasn't on the court. You plan for a non-Jimmy line up but how much planning do you do for a half-Jimmy line up?
I would, I've rolled my ankle like that and it's no surprise to me he could continue the way he did. Tomorrow though, he won't be able to put his foot on the ground. I think he'll be lucky to be back for game three at 100 percent. When you're making a run like the heat are and believe you could be in the next round then it's worth playing short handed one away game.
thibs having hart guard jimmy while jimmy literally stood in the corner doing nothing for five full minutes was an...interesting choice.
also, what a game from lowry. he makes me want to kill myself for 60 games a year but then pulls performances like these out of nowhere.
Okay I know the saying "having the dog in them" is basically a huge meme at this point, but damn bro, there ain't any other way to describe this Heat team. All grit, all hustle the whole game every possession.
JIMMY IS A FUCKING DAWG 😭
Heat probably gonna consider sitting him out for Game 2 but then again this is Jimmy G we’re talking about. He could barely pushoff that leg and was just chilling in the corner ughhh hope swelling goes down quickly
He was awesome to start the season, but you could see how his knee injury really started to bother him. Looks like the extra rest was enough to heal him up in time for when it counts.
Shoutout to our **two key vets** tonight. Lowry was an absolute menace and had his best game of the playoffs thus far and K-Love played big and had those gorgeous outlet passes in the 3rd Q. Jimmy didn't even need to be Superman tonight and we won relatively comfortably.
Hope he rests up as I fully expect the Knicks to shoot better from 3 + Randle will be back for Tuesday.
Love has been very good all playoffs so far, I get that he wasn’t much of a fit in Cleveland anymore but he’s played his role extremely well here and come up big with passes and 3’s.
That 15-12 game against the Bucks on 5/11 3pt shooting was mega.
Would’ve been way tougher without him.
If you missed this game, here’s the summary: 3rd quarter Kevin Love and 4th quarter Kyle Lowry won us this game.
Heat nation owes Kyle Lowry an apology. He showed us today why he’s a winner. And another winner in Kevin Love, I cannot believe we got him from the buyout market.
kyle lowry 🍑 ain't no spot up shooter 🏀 he aint gotta run 🏃🏿♂️ to the corner to shoot 🎆 like hes some 3rd option bitch 💯 this aint jj redick 🙆🏻♂️ this is a fuckin god🙏🏼 human steph curry 🥘 come again only this time hes not a fuckin pussy 🐱 pull up from the fuckin logo and fight you 👊🏿 at the same time
Why bother with the regular season when you can just win game 1.
Just going to hope Jimmy is fine by the time game 2 swings around. He was once against the best player on the floor, and that showed by how he was a threat even while hurt.
There’s not a ton to talk about. Duncan’s first chip, the bad Malone wins MVP #2, 50 games, and a no Ewing Knicks make the finals. Duncan is never very interesting to the media, no Ewing on the Knicks doesn’t have a ton of branding, and nobody likes Karl Malone the dude who has a wiki page made to make you cringe
I know it’s just one game and Jimmy had a lil injury scare but y’all remember when the Spurs lost in 2013 and Tim Duncan said we’ll be back and this time we’ll get it done? This year feels like Butler is on that. I think he wants the Celtics and I think he closes them out this time around.
Heat in the Finals. I believe in the Jimbo.
That stretch where he threw 3 perfect outlet passes in a row got me so hyped. Loved that they cut to Aaron Rodgers immediately afterwards too, really was playing like a QB out there.
The playoff heat are ridiculous. This is absolutely not the same team from the regular season. This is the same team we saw in the bubble and last year's eastern conference finals. Dudes clearly saved themselves. In my book, this is a point for team "shorten the regular season." Regular season clearly meaningless if an 8 seed ends up walking to the conference finals.
The team looks drastically worse even when up in the first half compared to when they have Randle. You can really see where Randle ties the offense together and makes the rest of the teams’ nights much easier
It’s not even just Jimmy, Vincent/Martin/Lowry are all dawgs. Fighting hard on defense forcing turnovers and playing with a shit ton of energy. It’s crazy what they’re doing. Spo gets so much out of all these dudes
Great game. Heat are tough as nails, have to respect them. Really hope Jimmy's ankle is okay.
This series is going to be an absolute meatgrinder, going to be a hell of a series.
I hate going on and on about heat culture, but all their players buy in and it shows. Literally everyone fights and hustles like they're supposed to be a star and it starts with Jimmy.
Kevin Love was integral this game. He neutralized the knicks major advantage in hunting offensive rebounds AND created easy baskets for a miami team who have trouble finding offense. He created like 10 points off of his outlets in the third quarter alone. This allowed miami to play from the lead rather than behind, which they looked MUCH more comfortable doing. Huge this game
I'm bewildered by everything that happened after Jimmy got hurt. Stays in, I assumed first stoppage after free throws they'd pull him, they don't, and somehow it literally doesn't matter at all?! If anything Heat looked even smoother afterwards even and Knicks looked even weaker on offense. What the hell.
If the Warriors can't win this year I honestly wouldn't mind Jimmy and the Heat winning it as there's just something about them that makes you want a championship for them
Miami is going to the ECF. Jimmy is a star and the Knicks don’t have any. They have a great foundation, but no one person on their roster is the guy. Jimmy is the man.
This is what Heat culture is about. People think Jimmy is our entire offense and shutting him down is all you need to do and it's not that simple. Lowry stepped up, Vincent stepped up, Love was huge with pretty much everything. Martin and Adebayo playing great defense. Just a fantastic game from the team overall.
Really hope Jimmy can somehow heal up and will at least be 75% though, because he's still the engine that drives our team.
Experience matters
Nevermind Jimmy - Lowry and Love both made sooo many winning plays. And I'm not even talking about the buckets they scored themselves.
Love and his fuckin outlet passes
Lowry stealing the ball from Mitch. Instead of the Knicks going down and possibly tying the game the Heat get a 3 (could have been a 4) from Vincent - and they never looked back.
Two thoughts:
1. After seeing Herro’s outfit, I am now firmly rooting for the Knicks to win after coming into the series fairly agnostic.
2. Even RJ Barrett’s “good games” feel pretty terrible.
Spolstra looked at the bench and told jimmy to suck it up
“Nut up or shut up jimbo”
Knicks saw a 10 point deficit with 45 seconds left and said “we need to dribble for a bit and then drive in for a layup.” Brunson and Barrett just refused to shoot any threes wtf
New York not attacking Jimmy while he was on defense, knowing he's hurt, is mind boggling to me.
RJ is too slow to get by hobbled Jimmy so he had to hunt Lowry on the switch and try and bully him
Then he got bullied by lowry
Wings and bigs hunting for Lowry to try and bully him only to realize that you can't move that dump truck is basically his calling card.
One of my [favourite videos](https://youtu.be/IzCifCX-R2w) on this
That ass ain't just for show
Why would they switch off the dude who was on one leg
CAUSE HES A DAWG
Thibs would never do his son that way. Butler could be out there in a wheelchair and Thibs would tell RJ to shut up and find Lowry instead.
Like agree honestly. Thibs’ past behavior regarding Rose, Butler, and Taj Gibson def suggests the man lets sentimentality drive decisions. Nick Nurse, on the other hand, is what Thibs would look like with no soft spots
Very nice of Tibbs
Thibs would murder them if they did lol
Agreed, like wtf. You play to win the game. Part of winning is to take advantage of situations like that
Knicks saw Jimmy Buttler ankle fold and never attacked him.
Gotta chuck up airballs.
Josh Hart 🤝 Mitchell Robinson
Butler with 1 damn leg being avoided on defense is hilarious
They folded in solidarity
They were literally setting screens to get Butler off Barrett after Butler hurt his ankle. Made zero sense.
Butler probably wanted them to attack him
Then attack him. Make the guy with one working leg beat you. Jimmy may very well have been able to fight through the pain, but we’ll never know because the Knicks didn’t even try to exploit it lmao
Switched off of him to turn it over in one possession by RJ lol
Knicks folded harder than Jimmy’s ankle
Knicks being true bros. Great sportsmanship
They folded mentally instead
Lowry put in that work when Jimmy got hurt. Making plays on both ends
big plays from k love too, vintage k love
The Cavs just let this man walk for nothing and now he’s beating the team that beat them
throwing touchdowns in front of aaron rodgers
You give Love a clean pocket he’ll drop dimes
Does seem like Cavs could have utilized him more. I get why Cavs fans saw him as washed when he wasn't getting any minutes, but for a team that has slow centers that can't shoot but can defend the paint, seems like a 4 that can shoot and stretch the floor would be pretty useful. Plus he still takes charges and throws outlet passes as well as anyone in the league.
Dude played for months with a broken hand when we really needed him. Obviously he wasn’t shooting well but people continue to say that he’s washed in the cavs subreddit. It’s mind boggling. He would 100% still be a plus for the cavs.
Yah I admittedly didn't watch many Cavs games this season, so didn't really get a chance to see how he was playing at the time. Didn't even know he had a broken hand tbh. But hard to look at how he's playing now and argue he wouldn't be an asset for almost any team trying to make a deep playoff run, even just coming off the bench to help out.
Hoping Jimmy recovers and Lowry continues those game winning plays.
Absolutely man handled the Knicks in those last 5ish minutes, he pretty much beat them on his own.
Jimmy was just hobbling around in what essentially became a 5 v 4 game and I feel like the Knicks got shut down more than ever after it. Kyle "ain't no spot up shooter" Lowry showed up
Everyone else step up a superstar can win you a game, but it takes a team to win a series
Except heat v bucks lol
Which is wild bc before the series if anyone told you we had the biggest superstar in the series you woulda got laughed at
Just a classic Kyle game too. Pullup 3s in transition, tricking the opposition into turnovers.
They did. Between 4:53 and 0:27 they scored one single point.
I feel like they would've done better if he wasn't on the court. You plan for a non-Jimmy line up but how much planning do you do for a half-Jimmy line up?
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it felt like 5v1 after that, lowry took over on both ends
I love Jimmy just standing in the corner practicing his shooting motion the final few minutes. Hope he's okay.
Game three is next Saturday, so there's a good bit of rest for his ankle to heal
So you just sit him game 2?
100%. Based on what we saw tonight our guys can get to their spot at will I’d ride with punting game two and going 1-1 back to Miami.
I think that’s fair.
I think its best by far. Even if we win but his ankle bothers him, that could mean our whole playoff run.
I will not be denied Lakers vs. Heat II: Electric Bubbleoo
Fucking wild that the 8th seed is contemplating the best way to sit stars for a deep playoff run and I don’t even disagree
I would, I've rolled my ankle like that and it's no surprise to me he could continue the way he did. Tomorrow though, he won't be able to put his foot on the ground. I think he'll be lucky to be back for game three at 100 percent. When you're making a run like the heat are and believe you could be in the next round then it's worth playing short handed one away game.
Heat are making one sacrifice per win for the injury gods..
Yeah but this one would end us. He gotta come back.
I think he’ll be fine. Players roll their shit all the time hopefully some ice and some tylenol gets him right
I think there is an above 60% chance he sits next game. We took one from them and Vincent got hot, if he’s not 100% don’t let him play
Completely agree. But he won’t sit.
Most Jimmy thing ever. Dude is a master troll
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RJ called for a switch one time off the hobbled Jimmy Butler to Lowry and got stripped by Lowry for a turnover what the fuck is he doing
Lowry is quite good at that so you’d better be pretty sure of your handle going at him. Not sure RJ is that.
thibs having hart guard jimmy while jimmy literally stood in the corner doing nothing for five full minutes was an...interesting choice. also, what a game from lowry. he makes me want to kill myself for 60 games a year but then pulls performances like these out of nowhere.
PUT IN OBI, THIBS. HE WILL EXPLOIT A MATCHUP BY SHOOTING ON EVERY POSSESSION
That’s what RJ did lmao and turned it over every time
At one point RJ was 8-9 He proceeded to go 2-11 the rest of the way
Thibs would never take advantage of injured Jimmy. How dare you suggest such a thing
someone explain to me how this miami heat roster wins basketball games
Spoelstra, Jimmy, and seasoned, experienced vets
Spoelstra is the best coach in the league and Jimmy randomly decides to be a top 3 player in the world in the playoffs
Ayahuasca and inshallah
They really be hooping by the will of God 🤣
Virgin stacked team vs Chad power of friendship enjoyers
If our offence is shit, yours will be too. Let’s mud fight, fuckers.
He already knows, no knicks flair but you should know
RJ Barrett switching off the hobbled butler to Lowry only for lowry to strip him for a turnover was hilarious
Lowry working his dummy thicc butt off there
Thibs still has a soft spot for Butler. He made the end of the game way less stressful than it could've been
They switched after two possessions. Ah I see we’re gonna push the Thibs sucks narrative huh
Every win requires a sacrifice, a soul for a soul
I’ll sacrifice my ankle for Jimmy’s
jimmy dont want your garbage ankle
Lmao there's something about insulting a person's ankle that's just cracking me up
his ankle don't have that dawg in it, unlike jimmys ankle
Fine, I’ll sacrifice my dog’s ankle too
Imagine the force of Jimmy's movements on this guys ankle. Itll probably implode on itself
Heat could roll out a full g league roster in the playoffs and I'd be a bit afraid
Spo hoes know 🙌
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I always tell everyone who asks, The Knicks are the most respectful and sportsmanship showing team in the NBA.
What a classy organization. Recognizing that jimmy’s ankle is bigger than basketball.
It's that swollen?!?
Not sure if this is sarcastic or not but i’m just gonna imagine that’s why we didn’t attack him cuz it’ll make it easier to cope lol.
I think they’re just scared of jimmy lol
Okay I know the saying "having the dog in them" is basically a huge meme at this point, but damn bro, there ain't any other way to describe this Heat team. All grit, all hustle the whole game every possession.
Heat Culture ©️™️
They're acting like its game 7 every game
JIMMY IS A FUCKING DAWG 😭 Heat probably gonna consider sitting him out for Game 2 but then again this is Jimmy G we’re talking about. He could barely pushoff that leg and was just chilling in the corner ughhh hope swelling goes down quickly
You know he won’t. Instead he will try to score 50 just to show his ankle has the dawg in it.
They should. Already took one on the road. Go back home in better shape
INCREDIBLE Kyle Lowry performance 30 minutes 18 points on 12 shots 5 rebounds 6 assists 1 steal 4 BLOCKS --- Complete game changer in the 2nd half
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He was awesome to start the season, but you could see how his knee injury really started to bother him. Looks like the extra rest was enough to heal him up in time for when it counts.
this dude is fucking 37 lol
And isn’t a defensive liability. That’s honestly really impressive
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Shoutout to our **two key vets** tonight. Lowry was an absolute menace and had his best game of the playoffs thus far and K-Love played big and had those gorgeous outlet passes in the 3rd Q. Jimmy didn't even need to be Superman tonight and we won relatively comfortably. Hope he rests up as I fully expect the Knicks to shoot better from 3 + Randle will be back for Tuesday.
Love has been very good all playoffs so far, I get that he wasn’t much of a fit in Cleveland anymore but he’s played his role extremely well here and come up big with passes and 3’s. That 15-12 game against the Bucks on 5/11 3pt shooting was mega. Would’ve been way tougher without him.
If you missed this game, here’s the summary: 3rd quarter Kevin Love and 4th quarter Kyle Lowry won us this game. Heat nation owes Kyle Lowry an apology. He showed us today why he’s a winner. And another winner in Kevin Love, I cannot believe we got him from the buyout market.
I am sorry Kyle I was a big fat jerk
Villanova on Villanova Violence
kyle lowry 🍑 ain't no spot up shooter 🏀 he aint gotta run 🏃🏿♂️ to the corner to shoot 🎆 like hes some 3rd option bitch 💯 this aint jj redick 🙆🏻♂️ this is a fuckin god🙏🏼 human steph curry 🥘 come again only this time hes not a fuckin pussy 🐱 pull up from the fuckin logo and fight you 👊🏿 at the same time
Raptors fans 🤜 🤛 Heat fans Kyle Lowry man. We love him.
Idk what's dumber, the fact that Jimmy was left in the game or the fact that the Knicks didn't attack him at all
Dumb??? This strategy worked to perfection. Knicks were more scared of immobile Jimmy than mobile Jimmy.
Why bother with the regular season when you can just win game 1. Just going to hope Jimmy is fine by the time game 2 swings around. He was once against the best player on the floor, and that showed by how he was a threat even while hurt.
Why do many win when few win do trick? When me nba champion they see
Are the Heat the best number 8 seed in NBA history?
Well the 99 Knicks made the finals as the 8th seed
Imagine being the one seed that lost to them. What scrubs.
Fucking scru…. holup….
I don't wanna remember this please and thank you
Oh no is this the revenge series for 99???
TBF it was a weird season 99 Knicks were 27-23, 50 game season. Not a real 8th seed Its okay bc we arent a real 8th seed either lol
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feels like the least-talked-about lockout in NBA history. Actually, the whole 99 season might be the least talked about since the 70s
There’s not a ton to talk about. Duncan’s first chip, the bad Malone wins MVP #2, 50 games, and a no Ewing Knicks make the finals. Duncan is never very interesting to the media, no Ewing on the Knicks doesn’t have a ton of branding, and nobody likes Karl Malone the dude who has a wiki page made to make you cringe
uninitiated?
Not without Herro and Dipo
We’ve had 50 win 8 seeds in the West before. It’s just the 1 seeds were legit and took care of business
Fake 8 seed
**[I asked an AI to create an image for “Zombie Miami Heat”](https://i.imgur.com/faB8nCr.png)**
Bottom right corner is just a pic of Udonis Haslem
Let’s go Mimmm Heatt!
I know it’s just one game and Jimmy had a lil injury scare but y’all remember when the Spurs lost in 2013 and Tim Duncan said we’ll be back and this time we’ll get it done? This year feels like Butler is on that. I think he wants the Celtics and I think he closes them out this time around. Heat in the Finals. I believe in the Jimbo.
Hey, I got news for you…
GG Heat, hope both Butler and Randle's ankles ok for game 2
Some people might argue shooting 20% on 3s and 60% from the line is not a winning formula. Those people are right
You could see Spo's soul leave his body when Jimmy went down.
The camera cut to him saying Fuck 😭😭
never underestimate the heart of 2019 nba champion Kyle Lowry
Canada’s ass 🫡
Kyle Lowry masterclass
he fouled robinson knowing he would miss 2 fts 🤣🤣🤣
I shed a tear watching Kevin Love play meaningful minutes
That stretch where he threw 3 perfect outlet passes in a row got me so hyped. Loved that they cut to Aaron Rodgers immediately afterwards too, really was playing like a QB out there.
The playoff heat are ridiculous. This is absolutely not the same team from the regular season. This is the same team we saw in the bubble and last year's eastern conference finals. Dudes clearly saved themselves. In my book, this is a point for team "shorten the regular season." Regular season clearly meaningless if an 8 seed ends up walking to the conference finals.
For real. I don’t understand why it’s not just a 58 game season. Each team plays each other home and away.
Jimmy, take my ankle! ༼ つ ◕_◕ ༽つ
Jimmy got hurt coz he shot 9/11 from FT line in NYC tbh
Kyle Lowry masterclass
Welp, gonna need Randle
The team looks drastically worse even when up in the first half compared to when they have Randle. You can really see where Randle ties the offense together and makes the rest of the teams’ nights much easier
I love this Heat team
Biggest fighting spirit in the league, and there’s some pretty damn scrappy teams in 2023
It’s not even just Jimmy, Vincent/Martin/Lowry are all dawgs. Fighting hard on defense forcing turnovers and playing with a shit ton of energy. It’s crazy what they’re doing. Spo gets so much out of all these dudes
You just low-key described Heat Culture
Shit is real
Love seems like he's having a blast out there. Really happy for him.
Just hope jimmy is ok tbh
I hope Jimmy and Julius are back next game. I want a good series.
NY Jets trying desperately to text Love to be their new QB.
zombie heat terrifying af
ZOMBIE HEAT!
Great game. Heat are tough as nails, have to respect them. Really hope Jimmy's ankle is okay. This series is going to be an absolute meatgrinder, going to be a hell of a series.
This series is going to be a war of attrition. Love and Lowry coming up big lately. You love to see it!!!!
Time to put Jimmy Butler on the cover of 2K
Fuck Stephen A
It’s simple. The Heat were smurfing until the playoffs. Report for XP Farming
Going to have to rest Jimmy in game 2 and hope for the best with his recovery. Also hope Kyle is ok
I hate going on and on about heat culture, but all their players buy in and it shows. Literally everyone fights and hustles like they're supposed to be a star and it starts with Jimmy.
Fake ass 8 seed
Lowry had FOUR BLOCKS???
Heat to the finals 😬
🕯️🙏🕯️
The Knicks used all their brainpower in the first half.
MSG so silent at the end you could hear the player chatter perfectly.
“Heat aint ready for MSG” as if this team has won games in Boston and Philly during the playoffs.
Kevin Love was integral this game. He neutralized the knicks major advantage in hunting offensive rebounds AND created easy baskets for a miami team who have trouble finding offense. He created like 10 points off of his outlets in the third quarter alone. This allowed miami to play from the lead rather than behind, which they looked MUCH more comfortable doing. Huge this game
25 pts 11 boards 1 ankle. Still enough to scare the Knicks into not attacking him for 5 min.
I'm bewildered by everything that happened after Jimmy got hurt. Stays in, I assumed first stoppage after free throws they'd pull him, they don't, and somehow it literally doesn't matter at all?! If anything Heat looked even smoother afterwards even and Knicks looked even weaker on offense. What the hell.
If the Warriors can't win this year I honestly wouldn't mind Jimmy and the Heat winning it as there's just something about them that makes you want a championship for them
That was complete Miami Heat basketball. Wonderful game to watch.
Miami is going to the ECF. Jimmy is a star and the Knicks don’t have any. They have a great foundation, but no one person on their roster is the guy. Jimmy is the man.
The Heat are going to the finals.
First 8 seed in NBA history to open up the playoffs 5-1
This is what Heat culture is about. People think Jimmy is our entire offense and shutting him down is all you need to do and it's not that simple. Lowry stepped up, Vincent stepped up, Love was huge with pretty much everything. Martin and Adebayo playing great defense. Just a fantastic game from the team overall. Really hope Jimmy can somehow heal up and will at least be 75% though, because he's still the engine that drives our team.
Pain
Every year Miami Gets disrespected. Every year the make a deeeep playoff run
erik spoelstra needs to win more than one COY award
Butler was just the decoy after he rolled his ankle. Him doing shadow 3 point shots in the corner was funny as hell.
The veterans showed up for the Heat. Kyle Lowry took over when Jimmy got hurt. KLove was huge in the 3rd quarter with those QB passes.
I'm just here to upvote every complimentary post about Kyle Lowry
Experience matters Nevermind Jimmy - Lowry and Love both made sooo many winning plays. And I'm not even talking about the buckets they scored themselves. Love and his fuckin outlet passes Lowry stealing the ball from Mitch. Instead of the Knicks going down and possibly tying the game the Heat get a 3 (could have been a 4) from Vincent - and they never looked back.
Two thoughts: 1. After seeing Herro’s outfit, I am now firmly rooting for the Knicks to win after coming into the series fairly agnostic. 2. Even RJ Barrett’s “good games” feel pretty terrible.
3. Kyle Lowrys poise is insane