The crunch-time killer was nothing more than a decoy stuck in the corner on offense, missing his only field-goal attempt of the final five minutes. He writhed in pain on the ground during a stoppage, made the two subsequent free throws to stretch the lead to 97-92 and hobbled his way to the final horn. The Heat essentially played 4-on-5 at both ends over the final 5:05 after Jimmy Butler rolled his ankle.
Jimmy Butler injured his ankle with more than five minutes remaining, yet the Heat star stayed in the game to help close out a series-opening win. Did the Knicks notice Jimmy Butler was hurt? Because they didn’t play like it. Here are the four things to know about Game 1:ġ. Maybe the Knicks just couldn’t hear opportunity knocking over all that noise at Madison Square Garden.Ī raucous crowd chanting for “De-fense!” couldn’t push the hot-starting Knicks over the finish line Sunday in a 108-101 loss to the Heat in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference semifinals - the kind of game that could be looked back upon a week from now as a huge missed opportunity.
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