Jimmy Butler sends Giannis & the Bucks packing with a clutch 42-point game 5, 2023 playoffs rd 1
One of the most Elite backpack jobs I’ve ever seen in my life
its funny cuz somehow jimmy is a -10 this game while bam/gabe were both +17⁄15
He shot horribly this game but was 12⁄12 at the line. Had big offensive boards, and was a playmaker too. He was the reason they won that game.
That + - is more beneficial for big men.
He shot 17⁄33 from the field and 5⁄9 from the line. Playoff single game +/- heavily depends on how much time the player is on the court with the opposing team’s starters.
Iirc they went down big in the first half while jimmy was on ( not his fault he came out on fire). The comeback started with him on the bench. But he absolutely was a huge reason why they won that game
+ / - is not always a good stat. A player can be carrying their team and keeping them in the game and be in the negative, meanwhile another player can just be standing in the corner doing jack shit and have a great + / - if their teammates are playing well.
Butler winning a game against the Lakers in the Finals, is one of the best examples of that. He was doing everything, making big stops on defense, and was the only guy able to score at some points. He had 35pts, 11assists, and 12 boards that game.
Butler played amazing game 5 but I can’t help but always remember how LeBron looked. Butler was literally bent over exhausted and Bron looked like it was just another day in the office, I knew the Lakers were going to smoke the Heat game 6 after that.
Unironically one of the best performances over a playoff series I’ve ever seen. We knew Butler could go toe to toe against the best players in the game but for the whole series he genuinely looked like MJ.
wait jimmy really dropped 42 in game 5?
Jimmy G from 2019 to 2023 is one of my favorite players of all time
Jimmy Garoppolo was always overrated
The G stands for gets
Dude is hot AF though
I’ll always hate that the last memory we had of Jrue was Jimmy eating his soul in this series
ETA: at least we’ll always have the sweep with Jrue in 2021 1st round during the chip run
never understood by bud insisted on leaving jrue in single coverage
No doubt. Although as we all know, Bud was allergic to making adjustments (not that it would have helped much once Giannis went down, other than it perhaps being less embarrassing)
Pretty sure Jrue even said after one of the games Bud asked the locker room what he should do different and Jrue said he wanted to keep guarding him lol
The Bud special. See also Nets 2021, KD nearly beating us by himself abusing PJ Tucker because it was absolutely necessary that Jrue stay on one-legged James Harden and Giannis stay on old-ass Jeff Green or washed Blake Griffin.
Jrue is one of my favorite players so I definitely had some mixed feelings that he was on the receiving end here.
Kinda similar but I hate that Dragic’s last season was seeing his former team (the one he liked the most) torch his current team
No doubt, that was really fucking weird and almost like fitting at the same time. I was actually super stoked to get Dragic too, thought he was the missing piece for the “playoffs run” we were going to go on - little did I know we were about to become chicken little lmao
It’s even worse when you realize that the Bucks swept the Heat in 2021 by putting Giannis on Butler.
That run was some of the most fun I’ve had watching sports.
Why didn’t the bucks call timeout
Brain fart, same reason why Fox didn’t hold the ball
that’s why bud got fired (also the alcoholism apparently)
Jimmy Butler just killed Jrue Holiday. One of the best perimeter defenders ever and he got eaten alive possession after possession and so many of them were just basic off-ball actions too.
as a jimmy g fan i needed this, after the knicks won and everyone immediately brings up kat and jimmy’s rings
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people post they kids birthdays man just let me be happy
Jimmy used to be so fun damn
This series is an interesting ex of the life top defensive guards get to live. Rudy Gobert or other bigs get blamed for things in the playoffs that they often arent responsible for. Butler literally scores 98 pts over 2 games to close out a series(never has had a 2 game stretch like that before in his career) w alot of it v Jrue in a gigantic 1⁄8 upset and it’s just “guards can only impact the game its not his fault just good offense!”. And while Jrue was worthy of his top reputation also highlights how people liking you or not plays in defensive reputation to a degree.
because Jrue delivered in winning titles on multiple teams
Gobert has only gotten gentleman’s swept in WCF at best while also being benched to ~20 minutes in elimination playoff games
Jrue was the 5th best starter on one team and had a 47% TS in 40 playoff games in Mil for his other ring, no POA defense is making up for all the deficiencies he repeatedly showed and the reason his career isnt defined through that lens is because of Giannis and things that have nothing to do w him.
Well, it’s just true that the impact of even the best defensive guards is less than that of elite bigs.
Someone like Gobert and Wemby can lock down an entire area of the floor, the most efficient area to score from. That’s way more valuable than someone like Jrue playing incredible 1 on 1 defense on a team’s best player, though getting cooked by Jimmy here doesn’t make him any less great of a defender - great individual offense can just beat great individual defense sometimes.
I do agree that Gobert has gotten blamed in the past for things that aren’t his responsibility.
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It does get talked about, your statement is just completely void of context.
He also does get shit for even with context, what is this user on about
How bout Jokic being trash every playoffs and the one time they win they don’t even beat a 50 won team
First off, 8th seed that made the finals. Not only that but the Heat were injured to shit all season and it was basically the same team from the season prior that was the first seed and made the conference finals.
Second:
2022: Giannis beat the bulls and then took the eventual conference champs to 7 without Khris
2023: This series Kevin love slid under Giannis while he was airborne
2024; Giannis missed the entire 5 games
2925: Dame missed some games and then was rushed back and tore his Achilles
So sure we can talk about what you said and make it sound bad with context.
Do you think swapping Giannis and Brunson and the bucks go further?
Not a single one of those (including this Heat series) were we healthy
Same
That’s partially because the zombie heat sandbagged during the regular season
You better pray that he doesn’t end up on a decent team like the Celtics, otherwise you won’t make out of the east next year.
Jimmy, Kawhi and LeBron top 3 two-way players last 15 years for sure
Replace LeBron’s with Gianni’s
Go watch some prime LeBron tape on the heat and 2nd stint on cavs. Don’t get me wrong Giannis is a great off-ball defender but not as effective on the ball. Even during his championship run Jrue took most assignments guarding the best player
IDGAF, Butler is one of my favorite Heat players.
Damn what a bounce pass by Bam. The announcer was right, not many centers can make that pass.
He was honestly insane that first round. Felt kinda bad for the Bucks being the one sed and then running into prime Michael Jordan in the first round
It’s crazy how if it weren’t for this playoff series and playoff run, the Heat might’ve moved on from Jimmy a year earlier
Such a good player, hope he’s not washed yet his runs were just electric to watch
he is washed unfortunately
imagine if giannis had the dude with a triple double this game and now shoots 3s, would be pretty nice
I enjoyed his time all the Heat. We should’ve gave him another star or superstar next to him tho.
Some really brain dead defense from good defenders along with great shot making
Happy times
The 2023 run was fucking electric even with how it ended
This is the Jimmy MDJ thought he was trading for. Turns out we only received the husk of this guy lol.
I hated the fact that when the bucks swept them, Giannis was the main defender on Jimmy. But they refused to go back to that because Jrue insisted he could guard him. That was the reason Bud was fired and Jrue was traded
Reminder that KAT has a chip and Jimmy Buckets does not
KAT, Wiggins and Jimmy all made it to Finals after leaving Wolves
Reminder Jimmy dragged the Heat to the finals and went toe to toe vs Bron and Jokic
KAT and Wiggins did not
If Jimmy Buckets played with Jalen Brunson, he’d have a chip now.
KAT had like 8 points combined in the last two games of the Finals and still won lol
Also had the highest plus minus for a single player in an entire playoff run
kat and wiggins aint the number 1 guy on their team no more. Had to become second/third option to win a ring. Both are number 1 pick of their draft class? Jimmy was the 30 pick bro.
Ok?
Giannis a bitch