We get it, and we love it about them, how they are wired. Just feel like we've been in this situation a lot with a few of our guys. "At halftime, really, the trainers made the call. I think the next two days will be really important, obviously. "He didn't have his, like, normal explosive burst," Spoelstra said of Butler. Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Butler would not need another MRI on the knee, but his status for Game 4 on Monday night remains unclear. After sitting out the entire second half Saturday, he was seen greeting teammates in the locker room as they made their way off the TD Garden floor. That Adebayo was able to lead the Heat to the win even after star swingman Jimmy Butler had to leave the game at halftime because of right knee inflammation made it even more impressive.īutler has been dealing with the same issue since first injuring the knee in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals against the Atlanta Hawks and missing the series-clinching Game 5. "So that woke a fire up in all of us."Īfter struggling to find a groove over the first two games of the series, Adebayo played one of the best games in his career in Game 3 while racking up 31 points, 10 rebounds, six assists and a block in 42 minutes while shooting 15-for-22 from the floor. "They beat us like we stole something in Game 2," Heat center Bam Adebayo said.
That was the message coming out of a proud Heat locker room after a gutsy 109-103 win Saturday night that gave them a 2-1 series lead in the Eastern Conference finals.Īfter getting embarrassed throughout a lackluster Game 2 performance in which the group never found its rhythm, the Heat started Saturday's game with the type of edge on both sides of the floor that has defined their season. Boston Celtics in Game 3īOSTON - The Heat took their Game 2 loss to the Celtics personally. Miami Heat survive Jimmy Butler's exit to earn gutsy win vs.
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