Jimmy Butler He took his revenge: he won the series me against Celtics and awarded Larry Bird TrophyAwardedEastern Conference Finals MVPconducted by the same jason tatum Who eliminated the Heat last year in Game 7. handover completedtherefore, with Miami is taking off for the NBA Finals and Butler MVP of the series. But was it really for the best? it certainly was Leader who needed the heat to challenge denver nuggets Of Nikola Jokic for the nba finals and to become second team in history, After the 1999 New York Knicks to reach the final chapter of the playoffs 8th place start in regular season, Butler didn’t always shine in these conference finals, but they still won 24.7ppg with 42% shooting (Of which 34.8% from arc) to which he added 7.6 Rebound, 6.1 Helps And 2.6 steals, Bird’s trophy was getting out of hand Race-5Matches in which he managed to score only 14 digits Being harassed and beaten by the Boston Celtics’ defense, which thanks to that stellar performance had surely re-opened the series. he continued to fight Even in Race-6 and at a certain point in the game he was finished with a sound 3/19 from the fieldthanks for protecting derrick white, But then he lit up when the Heat needed it most, scoring 11 points in the final which brought him within a whisker of overturning a game the Celtics seemed to have already won. In Race-7 “Jimmy Buckets” didn’t shine in shooting, but still finished the night with 28 points, 7 rebounds and 6 assists. But what mattered most was the right tone from the very first possession, thanks to which, as a true leader, he led his teammates to the feat of winning the TD Garden again, this time in the decider. And among the comrades the names stand out max strauss, gabvincent And caleb martin, And it is no coincidence that the latter took the risk of stealing the Eastern Conference Finals MVP award from Butler and won. four out of nine votes of the jury,
Martin’s incredible series, one vote away from MVP award
caleb martin It will not have the pedigree and reputation Jimmy Butler, But one wonders why he didn’t win the Larry Bird Trophy. number 16 is closed in miami Eastern Conference Finals 20 points touching average Together Shooting over 60% and 48.9% from three-point range to which they should be added 6.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 1 steal, But Martin’s impact on the series goes far beyond those numbers. For example, I Scored 14 points in the first half of Game 7 He was one of the keys that allowed the Heat to dictate the game and keep i Boston Celtics, Whether or not he had a greater impact than Butler in the Eastern Conference Finals is debatable, but what everyone can see is Martin’s playoff was a climax, overall he scored 254 pointsit’s happening The third player is among those who have never been adjudged to have scored the most runs after a seasonjust before Austin Reeveswho scored some runs 270 just with this year Los Angeles Lakersand from John Starksin which 1994 he reported them 364, With the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals, Caleb Martin still has plenty of minutes to surpass Reeves and aim for Starks’ supremacy if he maintains these scoring averages. denver nuggets They are warned.
