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69. The Ballad of Jimmy Butler and the Shot That Wasn't (Crossover with Box Score Geeks)
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69. The Ballad of Jimmy Butler and the Shot That Wasn't (Crossover with Box Score Geeks)

A deep dive into Butler's missed three...

Game 7 of the 2022 Eastern Conference Finals.

Twenty-three seconds left and the Miami Heat trail the Boston Celtics by only two points.

Jimmy Butler, Miami’s star player, gets the rebound and dribbles down court.

Al Horford of the Celtics is backpedaling.

With sixteen seconds left Butler pulls up for the three.

Butler takes the potential game-winning three…

He misses.

Was it the right play?

Dre Alvarez, of Box Score Geeks, and I do a deep dive into the shot that wasn’t.

For more, see Dre’s breakdown of why Butler deserved the inaugural Larry Bird Conference Finals MVP here:

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