Butler points out Young’s viral mistake — and other stuff to know from Heat’s win over Hawks
With the Hawks up six with 59.9 seconds to play in regulation Tuesday night at AmericanAirlines Arena, it didn’t look good for the Heat.
“It’s over!” Hawks guard Trae Young mouthed and signaled to the crowd as he headed to the bench during a Heat timeout.
Except it wasn’t over, as the Heat (18-6) scored the final six points of regulation to force overtime on its way to a 135-121 comeback win over the Hawks (6-18).
The Heat dominated overtime, scoring the first 16 points and outscoring the Hawks 18-4 in the extra period. Miami scored 24 of the final 28 points of the game between regulation and overtime.
That drove Heat wing Jimmy Butler to Instagram following the game to point out Young’s mistake, posting a video of Young calling the game over immediately followed by a video of the final seconds of Miami’s 14-point overtime win.
“This man [Trae Young] is a teller of the future. he was right. game WAS over!” Butler posted on Instagram.
Young’s social media response.
“... Welp.”
Young finished the loss with 21 points on 7-of-19 shooting from the field and 3-of-11 shooting on threes and nine assists in 41 minutes. He was limited to just two points on 1-of-5 shooting between the fourth quarter and overtime.
Meanwhile, Butler finished with 20 points, 18 rebounds and 10 assists for his third triple-double of the season and the seventh triple-double of his NBA career. The 18 rebounds represent a career high for Butler.
Butler also became the third player in Heat history and the first since Hassan Whiteside in 2015-16 to record three triple-doubles in a single season. The franchise record is four by LeBron James in both 2010-11 and 2012-13.
What else is notable from Heat’s OT win?
▪ Heat center Bam Adebayo was asked following the game about his triple-double with assists, and Adebayo began his answer with: “Nah, man, we got shooters.”
It was a clear reference to Whiteside’s viral Instagram video that had him shouting, “We got shooters!,” right after the Heat traded him to the Trail Blazers this past summer.
Adebayo’s comment drew laughs from around the Heat locker room. The 22-year-old finished Tuesday’s victory with 30 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists for the first triple-double of his NBA career.
▪ With Adebayo and Butler both posting triple-doubles against the Hawks, it’s the first time in franchise history that two Heat players have recorded a triple-double in the same game.
▪ Second-year Heat forward Duncan Robinson scored a career-high 34 points on 10-of-14 shooting on threes. Robinson’s 10 made threes matched the team’s single-game franchise record previously set by Mario Chalmers on Jan. 12, 2013 and Brian Shaw on April 8, 1993.
Not only is Robinson’s 75 made threes for the season tied with New Orleans’ JJ Redick, Minnesota’s Karl-Anthony Towns and Boston’s Kemba Walker for the seventh-most in the NBA. But among the 10 players who have made 75 or more threes this season, Robinson’s three-point shooting percentage ranks second behind only Washington’s Davis Bertans (46.5 percent).
▪ Undrafted Heat rookie guard Kendrick Nunn scored a career-high 36 points on 14-of-26 shooting Tuesday. It marked the second-most points in franchise history that a Heat rookie has scored in a game, and Nunn fell just one point short of the Heat’s rookie record for most point scored in a game — a 37-point performance by Sherman Douglas on April 12, 1990.
▪ Tuesday marked just the second game in franchise history that the Heat has had three 30-point scorers, (Nunn 36 points, Robinson 34 points and Adebayo 30 points), according to the team. They scored 100 points combined, tying for the second-most by a Heat trio.
The only other game in franchise history with three 30-point scorers was on March 27, 2011 against the Rockets, when James (33 points), Chris Bosh (31 points) and Dwyane Wade (30 points) did it. The most points scored by a Heat trio is 101 points against the Jazz on March 14, 2009, when Wade (50 points), Jermaine O’Neal (28 points) and Mario Chalmers (23 points) did it.
▪ The Heat’s 18-6 record is tied for the best 24-game start to a season in franchise history. The other Heat teams to begin a season at 18-6 were in 1996-97, 1998-99, 2011-12, 2012-13 and 2013-14.
This story was originally published December 11, 2019 at 10:26 AM.
