Jimmy Butler delivered another big-time performance as he dropped 42 points in Game 5 of the first round series against the Bucks. The Heat won the game in overtime 128-126 and eliminated the best regular season team from the playoffs.
One of the key plays that Butler made in this game was a game-tying layup. Miami’s head coach Erik Spoelstra used a fictional comparison to describe his star player when talking about the play.
“If you’re going to throw something like that, it better be pinpoint and you better have a Megatron type guy that can go up there, take a little bit of contact and then somehow find a way to will it in the basket,” Spoelstra said about Butler’s game-tying lob layup, via Darnell Mayberry.
Butler is averaging 37.6 points, 6 rebounds and 4.8 assists in 37.2 minutes per game in this year’s playoffs.
