[Highlight] 3 years ago Himmy Butler scored a career high 56 points including this 4th quarter takeover.
so lit man what a legendary run by one of the all time playoff risers
Playoff P
Jokic and Giannis have both had incredibly frustrating careers post-championship
Tbh, Denver losing round 1 this year is not that dissimilar from this series. I know the Wolves are way better yet they weren the pick.
The biggest dissimilar thing is that Jokic is fully healthy, while Giannis could barely move after his back injury.
Giannis was a beast when he came back. Literally the best he’s ever looked vs a Spo team.
Except FT shooting but yes you’re right
They had frustrating years before the chip too. In hindsight it looks like it was just building up to success
Tbf jokic arguably has had it a lot worse pre championship. Basically had 21 and 22 fucked because of murrays injury and post champ they lost in 7 to the wolves in okc in very competitive series
One inch of KD’s foot, a healthy Harden hamstring, or a stupid play from Giannis to injure Kyrie and Giannis’ legacy looks a lot different.
No it doesn’t. 2x MVP, 1x DPOY, 10x All Star, 9x All NBA, 5x Defensive teams.
Jimmy was so good on those finals runs.
A Heat legend, no matter what anyone might say, and regardless of how it ended.
Hope he can come back healthy and help the Warriors have a competitive season next year.
I wish it didn’t end the way it did in Miami because leading two finals runs the way he did regardless of not getting a ring is legendary shit, every team that ain’t seen as a contender dreams of their guy doing what Jimmy straight up did.
That stepback 3 to cap it is just magic, has to be a top 5 all-time heat check
Commentary was also top 5
It ain’t him
Because actually it’s himmy
its crazy cuz ppl forget he suffered the same exact injury/fall that giannis did in game 2 and then still had this left in the tank
It was the same type of fall but iirc the severity was different.
His signature game imo
This game was nuts I’ll always remember where I was during this
Never thought I’d see a coaching performance as bad as Buds in that series, but then came Mike Brown to the Knicks.
If I remember correctly Milwaukee destroyed the Heat the year before right? It’s hard to hate Jimmy Butler when he’s just a generational playoff riser
Yeah it was the post bubble hangover year and it was two years prior, the year before this the Heat were the 1 seed and lost on the last second game 7 miss against the Celtics in the ECF
you guys were literally a few inches away from that butler 3 going in and moving onto finals
Game 1 of that series basically was our entire run. If Khris didn’t hit that game winner, we were folding like a lawn chair 100%.
Was insane watching it live. Gabe Vincent secured generational bag with this series too
Fuck Tobias Harris, Fuck Elton Brand, Fuck Brett Brown
Honestly, Jimmy Butler 2024 postseason has to be in contention for one of the greatest ever.
I never thought the heat had a chance each round, and he KEPT putting the team on his back
It’s been 3 years already? Damn
Theres no such thing as playoff Jimmy….*insert Will Smith meme pointing*
Playoff Jimmy was actually A Problem
Never heard of him, he just dribbles around and won’t shoot now lol
“This my shit!” Teen warriors fans today will never know how beast this man was come playoff time.
Two all time underdog playoff runs
Did you see this on hardwood classics?
Thank fk Harlan was on the call. Legendary moment for the franchise
Kevin Harlan is an underrated part of what makes this performance legendary
Himmy is HIM!
Caleb Martin and Kyle Lowry both had huge contributions to this quarter. Lowry was getting so many strips and Caleb hit two clutch 3s one with Giannis all the way in his face