The older superstars of the NBA

After the New York Knicks took a 2-0 lead, the venue for the crucial third game was changed to the American Airlines Arena in Miami.

This time it is almost a life and death battle for the Heat. Once they lose this game, the probability of their final comeback is very small!

Everyone knows that it is difficult to counterattack and win the series when trailing 3-0.

Being able to score 3-0 has fundamentally proven that a lagging team cannot compete with its opponents. Even if they win one or two games in the end, as long as the opponent can win the game with one performance, all the previous efforts will be wasted.

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On game day, a large number of Heat fans poured into the entire arena.

Once upon a time, they were also a championship team, and this city was watched by fans all over the world. Unfortunately, with the departure of LeBron James, the Big Three fell apart. It seemed that not long after, the Heat's championship dynasty collapsed.

Later, Chris Bosh retired due to illness, Dwyane Wade got old, and the Heat no longer had the ability to win the championship.

Although the team management has always had this ambition, it is difficult to put together a winning lineup, and it is also difficult to find a leader who can lead the team to win the championship.

After working hard for a long time, the Heat now seem to see a little hope. The arrival of Jimmy Butler once again knitted this scattered team together. Since his arrival, the Heat have finally struggled to get up from the trough.

Maybe, if you give them a little more time, they can return to their peak, even if it's just a simple moment.

Before the game officially started, a documentary was specially played on site.

Today is Butler's birthday. The entire Heat team made a short video of blessings. It also included various clips of Butler's time with the Heat and played it to the fans before the game.

In the video, at the beginning, Butler just signed with the team. He came to the Heat to play his first game and scored 30 points for the first time. Then there is the Heat's record, gradually climbing up from the bottom.

Then step by step to reach fourth place in the Eastern Conference, the love and tenacity shown by Butler are vividly displayed in the video.

Butler's face was full of tears when he saw these scenes. Although he had played in several teams, he never had the sense of belonging that belonged to him.

When he was with the Chicago Bulls, he grew up step by step from his younger brother. Although the Bulls later corrected him, everyone knows that there is a name in the history of this team that can never be bypassed, and that is Michael Jordan.

Fans mentioned that the Bulls would only think of Jordan first, not Butler.

In addition to Jordan, Derrick Rose is also a symbol of this city. Although he was gradually abandoned by the team management due to injuries, many fans still remember him.

After all, Rose once brought hope to this city. If injuries hadn't ruined everything, he might have won a championship trophy for this city by now.

Later, he became the boss of the team, but he was unable to become the symbol and symbol of the city. The reason is also very simple. He neither has the achievements of Jordan nor the talent of Rose. All he has is his perseverance and hard-working professional attitude.

Later, he went to the Philadelphia 76ers, which was even more not where he wanted to be.

Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons are not teammates he values ​​​​in his eyes. In Butler's eyes, these two people are indeed talented, but they have no fighting spirit and are not going all out to compete for the championship. belief.

The game is more like Vanity Fair for them, especially for a guy like Simmons. Butler even has an idea of ​​why he would play with such a person!

In his mind, only players like Allen Iverson and Kobe Bryant are the most suitable teammates to work with.

Not to mention their talents, one of these two people is full of fighting spirit for the game and is very tenacious on the court, as if he will never be knocked down; the other is full of paranoia about basketball, and this paranoia may hurt everything in his life. There are some relationships, but on the court, this kind of paranoia makes him invincible.

He is always full of fighting spirit, always pushing forward, as if he never knows how to get tired.

Compared with these two seniors, teammates like Embiid and Simmons are really not that impressive.

Just because he couldn't find his destination in the 76ers, Butler came to the Heat. I thought this was just a stopover, but now that I'm here, Butler finds that everything in Miami feels familiar to him.

A group of teammates who can fight side by side, even though they don't have that great talent, can still move towards the same goal together.

A management team that is willing to work hard for a championship, and a group of fans that are willing to support them. All these elements come together.

Amidst the cheers and applause of the audience, Butler blew out the cake that was pushed up. He also made a special wish and then shared this joyful moment with everyone.

After the event is over, the game officially begins.

The lineups of both sides remain unchanged.

I don't know if it was the power brought by the cake and blessings, but Butler was in an extremely terrifying state as soon as the game started.

After coming on the court, he first succeeded in a mid-range shot, and then Adrian rushed to the basket and scored a 2+1 in a single.

Not long after 2+1 ended, Butler took the ball and threw a three-pointer from outside the three-point line.

In the first few minutes of the game, Butler was firing both inside and outside, leaving the Knicks unable to find any good way to limit him.

While Butler was in good form, the Knicks were having a hard time.

Zhao Feiyang was double-teamed by the opponent.

This time the Heat spent a lot of money, making various tricks when double-teaming, and even sent players to deliberately talk trash to Zhao Feiyang in an attempt to anger Zhao Feiyang.

It's a pity that Zhao Feiyang has always been calm, so the other party didn't succeed. However, with the opponent's interference, Zhao Feiyang's number of shots was greatly reduced.

Seeing that he had no better chance, he gave the ball to his teammate Zach LaVine. LaVine felt pretty good at the beginning, and he used Zhao Feiyang to help him attract the defensive attention and score a few good goals.

However, when the game entered the second quarter, LaVine's condition gradually deteriorated.

His mistakes continued to appear, and he failed to make various three-pointers. In this state, the Knicks' score was gradually opened up by the Heat.