It was an ideal night time for Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat.
The Heat had been good from the free throw line, 40-for-40, in Tuesday’s 112-111 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder. Their pristine efficiency on the charity stripe breaks the 39-for-39 document set by the Utah Jazz in 1982.
Butler’s three-point play with 12.9 seconds left in regulation helped his crew win and capped a 23-for-23 efficiency on the line. That mark places Butler in second place tied with James Harden and Dirk Nowitzki. Harden did it in 2019 when he confronted the Spurs as a member of the Rockets and Nowitzki set his mark in a Western Conference Finals matchup in opposition to OKC in 2011.
Butler completed the night time with 35 factors, seven rebounds and 4 assists. His efficiency willed a shorthanded Heat squad, who solely had 9 gamers out there, to their fourth win in six video games. The Heat had been down another participant after heart Dewayne Dedmon was ejected from the sport in second quarter.
Dedmon was subbed out with 9:25 remaining within the first half and smacked a therapeutic massage gun that was positioned behind the bench. The therapeutic massage gun ended up touchdown close to the three level line, startling Heat guard Max Strus. Play was rapidly halted and Dedmon was ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct. Dedmon completed the night time with two factors — each coming from free throws — and three rebounds in 5 minutes of motion.
The Heat had been with out key gamers Tyler Herro, Kyle Lowry, Caleb Martin and Bam Adebayo as a result of damage. Reserves Nikola Jovic, Duncan Robinson and Omer Yurtseven had been additionally out as a result of damage.
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