Much of what Miami was "raking" late had to do with how our defense was approaching its task. But they have gone the Butler route all season late - and obviously with great result.
Yes and no.
Butler has been their 4Q focal point. But games I saw he was not just calling his own number but collapsing the D and finding open guys. Here he was just forcing bad shots. Salvaged one ugly possession by tipping in his own miss, and got the 3 bailout FT's by jumping sideways into Bullock.
And a bit earlier, MIA forced some Duncan and Herro 3's despite the Knix trying to spot just that. Took them out of their game. i'd agree the Dragic makes before that were taking what was left.
Interestingly in the 4Q both teams got deep in the shot clock frequently. Must have been two or three Knick baskets made just before the 24 went off. So there was some defense going on. Just not whole possession D.
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