Therefore Butler needs to be aware of the seriousness of the situation and do something.
I'm guilty about that as well because at first, I didn't have that much confidence towards the Heat especially in the first round where they faced the New York Knicks which they eventually defeated but in the second round, it was almost impossible for me to believe that they can defeat the #1 seed in the East which they did as well. But in the conference finals, that's when I have put my faith in them and it turns out profitable because they managed to eliminate the Celtics and almost swept them after having a 3-0 advantage.
I doubted them through every series. Of the series I thought they could win was the Celtics one because they match up well against them. They got help with giannis getting hurt in game one. But this one might end up being a quick 5 game gentlemen sweep. I'm leaning hard on Denver all the way through. No answer for jokic. And if Murray is on forget it no chance.
It's not that totally unfair where we can say that they got helped from Giannis getting hurt in Game 1 which eventually leaded to certain games of unavailability because the Miami Heat also have their own handicap as Herro and Oladipo's absence really gave the team some troubles too instead of having a much higher win rate per game in a specific series. I mean, look at them now, they surely needed someone who can also handle defense and give some offense but even if Tyler Herro is already available, it's not a wise move to insert him to the team in this phase.
I saw that as well and it seems like that it will be their last ace because it's somehow evident already that they cannot penetrate that much.
Heat’s Tyler Herro update signals likely status for NBA Finals Game 5 vs. Nuggets
Hard to forecast if they can survive the next game and force their way until the both teams will be needing a Game 7 because Herro's arrival might give the team a different outcome, but considering the situation that they are in now, I don't think that they have another option because if they will continue the game and have the same line-up, the results are much likely to be the same and might be the last game as well in this series. So, let's see.