Despite starting on the bench, Strus managed to score 19 points
The meeting was a festival of triples, with 34 annotations
A sensational performance by Max Strus coming off the bench was decisive for the Miami Heat beat the Golden State Warriors 116-109 at home on Tuesday in a close game in which a triple-double by Stephen Curry was not enough for the NBA champions.
Both the Heat, who had lost last Thursday against the Warriors by 110-123 and those of San Francisco, They arrived on Tuesday after succumbing their two previous games.
Miami and Golden State add up now three wins for five losses this course.
Strus had 24 points, a rebound, 2 assists and a steal.; Jimmy Butler had 23 points, 6 rebounds, 8 assists and a block; Bam Adebayo had 19 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and a block. For the locals too, Kyle Lowry scored 13 points and Duncan Robinson 17.
for the visitors, Stephen Curry signed a triple double of 23 points, 13 rebounds, 13 assists and a steal. Andrew Wiggins boasted 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks; and Klay Thompson with 19 points, 3 rebounds, 2 assists, a steal and a block.
triple fest
The match began with an exchange of triples between the Canadian Andrew Wiggins and Caleb Martin and then another from Curry.
A second three-pointer from Curry, who had already delivered three assists, gave the Warriors their maximum advantage a little less than 5 minutes to conclude the first quarter (11-19).
But the locals were unimpressed and an impossible triple by Max Strus brought the score closer (20-21) and another from Duncan Robinson turned the tables (23-21).
Forward Robinson repeated a triple for 28-24 one minute from the end of the first quarter, which after a spectacular mate by Ban Adebayo in ‘alley-oop’ and another triple by Strus sounding the horn, he concluded with 10 three-point baskets and the light signaling 33-24.
Klay Thompsonwho had to play this Tuesday in his regimen of alternating games to progressively recover from his lasting Achilles tendon injury, he debuted on the scoreboard with a triple in the middle of the second quarter (42-32) that Adebayo answered again hanging from the hoop (44-39).
Curry was missing his 3-point attempts, but there were Wiggins with two and 3-pointers, and shooting guard Jordan Poole with a single inning, to put the visitors ahead again (44-45).
In an end to the first half of the game as intense as the first quarter, Abedayo reached his 10 points and Strus and Butler at 13 each to keep the visitors at bay (55-47).
A triple by Thompson and a solo kill by Wiggins helped the Warriors avoid a debacle at halftime (58-56).
A third triple by Thompson opened the scoring in the third segment (58-59), shortly after his fourth of three gave confidence to his team (61-66) and immediately signed his fifth triplet (65-72).
Decisive Strus after his departure from the bench
The triples continued to be the main currency at the FTX Arena in Miami this Tuesday and from distance shots Strus, who had started on the bench, reached his 19 points, Curry at 18 and Wiggins at 19 midway through the third quarter (72-82).
The Heat got closer to the score, but after Green’s kill and a triple by shooting guard Moses Moody, the third quarter concluded 86-94.
The frenetic game continued with the same dynamic at the beginning of the last quarter, when in a few seconds, tripples from shooting guard Kyle Lowry and Strus (24 points) put the score at 92-94.
And again from a triple, this time from Robinson, the match was tied at 7.07 from the end (100-100), and Adebayo, from free throws, put the locals ahead (102-100).
Another three-pointer from Robinson equalized the score again (107-107) at 4.42 of the conclusion; and Wiggins, from two with a step back, tied again (109-109) at 2.07 to finish the game.
Butler, with two innings and a decisive free throw, and another two points from Gabe Vincent they left the score at 116-109 a game with 34 successful triples.