It was a good decision to take a three to win the game at that moment but he made it tough for himself. He took it too quickly even if he's already tired and his teammates weren't set to help in rebound if he misses. It wasn't even a long three but he almost airballed that one. He could have made one more pass for a little breather and look for a screen.
There are lots of
"what if" bro. What if he nailed it? That wrong decision will turn into a good decision, right? The play won't be wrong in the eyes of others since Butler made it. Actually, even some fans may be upset about the decision, it will be a different story if that 3 went it.
I can look at this objectively and my stand remains that there was a better way to take it. I won't have a problem if he misses as long as he took more time to set up a good play before shooting a three.
The Heat was rallying throughout the game and that was exhausting.
Precisely why it was the better decision to take a little breather. They probably have 10 seconds more to set.
Instead of fully blaming Jimmy Butler, blame his other teammates that only wake up in the final minutes like Oladipo and Lowry. If only these guys are red-hot early, Butler won't take much of the load to narrow down the lead.
This is not about a blame game.
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Of course, there are a lot of 'what if' in that scenario, maybe it was an ill advised shot, just like what Dame did against PG13 and the Clippers in a close out game.
Dame made it but I'm with PG13 that it was still a bad shot.