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Antetokounmpo got emotional when asked if he had lost


The 2022-2023 NBA playoffs continue, with the Heat, eighth in the Eastern Conference, visiting the Bucks, first in the Eastern Conference and regular season champion.

Jimmy Butler contributed 42 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists, led the team to beat opponents 128-126 overtime, the Heat advanced to the Eastern semifinals, will play with the Knicks, the Heat has become the sixth team in NBA history staged the "black eight miracle" team, and the Heat is in the absence of the main hero Heroo and Oladipo completed the "black eight miracle" is commendable.

In Game 1 of the playoffs against the Bucks, Shiro fractured his middle and ring fingers on his right hand and is expected to miss 4-6 weeks.

In the G3 playoff game against the Bucks, Oladipo suffered a torn patellar tendon in his left knee and was lost for the season.

The NBA's previous five "Black eight miracles" were: the Nuggets beat the Supersonics 3-2 in the first round in 1994, the Knicks beat the Heat 3-2 in the first round in 1999, the Warriors eliminated the Mavericks 4-2 in the first round in 2007, the Grizzlies beat the Spurs 4-2 in the first round in 2011, and the 76ers beat the Bulls 4-2 in the first round in 2012.

Butler scored 40 points for the eighth time in his postseason career

Surpass Dwyane Wade for first place in franchise history

The heat can stage the "black eight miracle", the main Butler will undoubtedly stand up, he contributed 42 points, 8 rebounds and 4 assists in this game, has scored 40+ for two consecutive games, the last game is like God, scored 56 points, and he did not cut 40+ games in the regular season this season, so he was also mocked by fans as "playoff version of Butler".

According to statistics, this is the eighth time in Butler's playoff career that he has cut 40+ points, surpassing Wade (7 times) to become the first player in team history.

In the final moments of the fourth quarter, Butler scored a difficult pass

Butler played in five games in the first-round series, averaging 37.6 points, 6.0 rebounds, 4.8 assists, 1.8 steals and 2.4 turnovers in 37.2 minutes per game.

He is shooting 59.7 percent from the field, 44.4 percent from three-point range and averaging 2.4 three-pointers per game, while shooting 70.8 percent from the free throw line.

According to the statistics of the data media Betai, Butler's key moment (the last five minutes of the game, the point difference is less than five points) can get 10.5 points per game, the shooting rate is 50%, 40% of the three points, 87.5% of the free throw, and the positive and negative value of the key moment is +9.5.

After the game, Butler accepted the media interview, he said: "We are tough, even if the last quarter is still behind, we did not give up." Throughout the series, we were behind a lot of times, but we stuck together and scored the goals we needed to score. My teammates need me and need me to perform like that, so there's no 'playoff Butler,' and I'm going to keep doing that. Whatever I need to do to help the team win, 40 points, 50 points, 0 points and 12 assists, I'm confident I can do it." "I'm going to spend time with my daughter. I'm going to spend time with her. I love her so much. I'm going to buy her ice cream and walk her to the park," Butler said with a smile.

Did Jordan win six championships in 15 years and fail in the other nine?

Antetokounmpo Antetokounmpo scored 38 points, 20 rebounds and 3 assists, Middleton got 33 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, but still unable to return to the sky, at the same time, Antetokounmpo also became the fourth regular season MVP player to be "black eight" after Nowitzki, Duncan and Rose. The Bucks also became the only "black Eight" team in NBA history with only one win.

Antetokounmpo was interviewed after the game about whether he wanted to guard Butler more in this series, and Antetokounmpo said: "Yeah, out of respect you have to let the coach make adjustments." We put the team's best defender (Holiday) on him. I talked to Holiday. If he gets tired, I'll guard. He is so willing to compete, play hard and want to take on this challenge. But at the end of the day, if only I could guard Butler more. Maybe we could have double-teamed him and forced him to pass. Maybe we could have switched for two or three minutes, let Holiday catch his breath. I think as a team, we didn't make the right defensive adjustments against the Heat, didn't adjust as much as we could."

Talking about whether the Bucks have failed this season, Antetokounmpo got emotional, "You asked me that question last year. Do you get a promotion every year? Is your job a failure? Jordan played 15 years, only 6 championships, the other 9 years are failures? The Bucks had 50 years from 1971 to 2021 without a championship, and our 50 years were all failures?"


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