It’s almost as though Jimmy Butler’s face at the closing seconds of Game 2 were foreshadowing. The Heat came out as advertised in Game 3 and shut the Knicks down quickly.
New York rallied here and there but was never in control of the game at any point, and now might be down a key player. Monday’s Game 4 isn’t your ordinary must-win and should be another chippy and physical game.
Some takeaways:
The Butler does it. It doesn’t matter that he seemed to re-injure his ankle in the second half.