Myers Leonard outplayed him.
Anyone interested in My Leo as a FA for $8M?
Seriously though, AD was mostly AWOL.
I'd have to go back to see how MIA took him out of the action on D, but I think having to guard first My Leonard then Olynyk took AD away from the rim and out of most plays. He only had 5 boards. I think the early foul trouble and turnovers sapped his assertiveness and he became a non-factor. His mind got injured.
Olynyk is a crafty scorer. Gave Heat extra scoring when Hero Robinson were struggling. But Herro came through in the 4Q with some tough buckets. And Jimmy Buckets was just great. I really liked how MIA would switch Robinson out on LeBJ early on screens, and then when LeBJ was ready to attack, MIA would re-switch with Robinson scrambling back to his man and Butler returning to LBJ.
A 40 pt, 45 minute trip-dub while guarding LeBronco and stunting back to recover switches! You could see Butler gassed a few times in the 4Q. Got breathers on his many FT attempts.
Anyone notice that LeBJ sucked 4Q. Above the 10 min mark Crowder burned him backdoor, as LeBJ continued to guard air in the corner for a couple of seconds. Then LeBJ had a couple of travels mid-quarter. Looked like he took 4 steps on the drive against Herro, and then soon after I was yelling travel at the monitor before Breen confirmed the call, as LBJ took a hop step dribbled once more than drove to the rim. And down around the 3 mark, Olynyk nearly sealed it by poking the ball away form an unaware LeBJ who was bringing the ball upcourt surveying the .. hey where'd the ball go ...
Jimmy Butler just dominated a Finals game. He's on that level.
Only the other MaMo kept the Lakes in it with his 3-point shooting.
Excellent win for MIA.
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