Miami Heat Triumphs Without Butler: Strategic Highlights

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00:00Well, now let's go out west where the Miami Heat's on a five-game road trip without Jimmy Butler.

00:04As we know, they blew the first game against Sacramento at a big lead and blew it.

00:08Somehow they go on the road, though, and really, I mean, maybe one of their best performances of

00:12the season at Golden State. They win 114 to 98. Their bench really performed at a high level,

00:19hit nine threes. Bam Adebayo had a nice game as well, and that's kind of been the deal here.

00:24As of right now, without Jimmy Butler, Gilbert, most feel that the team and the plays should run

00:30through Bam, and so when he has a good night, he tends to win, and when he doesn't, they almost

00:36need like 40 points from Hero or they have no shot. Yeah, it's been a strange season for Bam

00:41Adebayo. He's had some ups and downs this year, and specific to last night, it was definitely an

00:45up. And last night's game, I look at it as kind of a matchup of two dysfunctional teams or teams

00:50that are in states of disarray. The Warriors have their issues after starting the season 12 and 3.

00:55Now they're 18 and 18, and it doesn't take a mathematician to know that that's 6 and 15 over

00:59their last 21 games. So things are trending in the wrong direction for the Warriors right now,

01:04and things are trending in a weird direction for the Heat with the Jimmy Butler saga, which I'm

01:07sure we'll talk about. So one of those teams had to find a way to figure out to win. I think it's

01:12really disappointing for the Warriors to lose to a team who's on the second end of a back-to-back

01:16and having played in double overtime the night before. So the Heat dug deep, and I think games

01:21like this are a reminder of what that Heat culture that people sometimes roll their eyes at, but what

01:26that's about and shows what this team is made up of. Regardless of who suits up, who shows up on

01:30the floor, how tired you are, they find ways to win. I think that makes them an attractive destination

01:35for whoever they get, whatever trade package is on the way for them.