Jimmy Butler and the Heat’s lack of aggressiveness: “It won’t happen again”

Miami Heat leader Jimmy Butler opined this Wednesday that the lack of aggressiveness in the distributed balls is something that “won’t happen again” after his team won the third game of the NBA Finals against the Denver Nuggets 109- 94 lost. , who are 2-1 ahead in the series.

“We didn’t play in the best way, we had to come out with more energy, it’s something that can be corrected. We had to get out there, fight more and maybe the result would be different,” Butler said at the post-game press conference at the Kaseya Center in Miami.

In the first of two games at Miami’s Kaseya Center, the Nuggets recaptured the field advantage in the series by imposing their physical strength and grabbing 65 rebounds for the Heat’s 41. They are now two wins away from being lifted to the skies of the first title in their history in their debut in an NBA Finals.

Serbian Nikola Jokic finished his game with 32 points, 21 rebounds and ten assists and Jamal Murray contributed another triple double, with 34 points, ten rebounds and ten assists for the Nuggets. Never in NBA history have two teammates signed two triple-doubles in the Finals.

When asked about the Heat’s lack of aggressiveness on split balls, Butler acknowledged he has no explanation.

“I don’t know why. Maybe just being home and thinking we’ve already done something (by winning a game in Denver). I don’t know, it can’t happen, it won’t happen again. It all starts with me, I think if I start doing it (competing more aggressively), everyone should be doing it,” he said.

In the Heat, Jimmy Butler scored 28 points and Bam Adebayo recorded a double-double of 22 points and 17 rebounds. Caleb Martin was the third best scorer for Miami with ten points, which lacked a better group contribution.