The Miami Heat were extremely short-handed in their latest contest against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Heat was missing six players including four of their regular starters. The Heat still earned the 112-111 thanks to Jimmy Butler’s three-point play with 12.9 seconds left to play. Playing games down to the wire seems to be a common theme for this Heat team this year. Miami Heat Head Coach Erik Spoelstra spoke on this and the Heat’s win postgame.
π₯ 40/40 FTM as a team (NBA record)
π₯ 23/23 FTM from Jimmy (franchise record)
…and we needed every single one of them pic.twitter.com/mdee0o4hdV— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) January 11, 2023
βIt’s just a normal Tuesday night for theΒ Miami Heat,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. βI think this is when we feel most alive, everything happens, and all of our competitive juices get out there. That’s the team we all can relate to. That’s the team I like.”
Jimmy Butler led the way for the Heat. Butler scored 35 points on 6-for-17 shooting from the field. Butler hit 23-for-23 from the free-throw line. Including the game-winning free throw. Butler also grabbed seven rebounds and dished out four assists. Butler also recorded four steals.
Jimmy led us to our gutsy with the game-winning bucket and perfection at the free throw line. π pic.twitter.com/qP7ICC0Ymj
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) January 11, 2023
More Heat Contributions
- Max Strus scored 22 points, grabbed seven rebounds, and dished out two assists.
- Gabe Vincent scored 13 points, grabbed four rebounds, and dished out four assists.
- Victor Oladipo scored 19 points, grabbed four rebounds, and dished out four assists. He also recorded two steals off the bench.
- Jamal Cain scored 12 points, grabbed five rebounds, and dished out three assists.
Victor is finding his stride at the perfect time π pic.twitter.com/BWcKboSQyO
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) January 11, 2023
Jamal scored a clutch 3 to tie it and a career-high 12 points π pic.twitter.com/9OfIUu3ERX
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) January 11, 2023
The Heat play again this Thursday, 1/12/23 against the Milwaukee Bucks in Miami. Tip-off from FTX Arena is at 7:30 pm.
Whenever we needed a 3, Max was there π pic.twitter.com/2AS5ky2VAY
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) January 11, 2023