Kyle Lowry The Miami Heat’s Ultimate Problem Solver

The Miami Heat continue to chug along late in the NBA season. With just under 20 games to go in the season, 16 to be exact, the Miami team currently sits in first place in the Eastern Conference, with a three-game lead over the second-placed Philadelphia 76ers, while they only sit a half-game behind the Memphis Grizzlies for the second-best record in the entire league.

With a matchup against the league-leading Phoenix Suns on Wednesday, they’ll have a chance to directly impact the 8.5 game gap between them and the top slot. It isn’t a certainty that they can even get there, but that doesn’t mean they won’t try.

No matter what they do in that upcoming contest and with a title on the mind for the rest of the year, Kyle Lowry will be a huge part of it. He’s been that all year long and his impact is immediately felt when he’s in the lineup.

It was that way from his very first contest with the team. You just notice a difference when the Miami Heat have QB1 on the floor leading the show.

He’s the ultimate problem solver.

Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry The Ultimate Problem Solver

When you look at things on a surface level, you could point to a game such as the Miami Heat’s last defeat and one of their worst of the year thus far, their last matchup with Milwaukee back on March 2nd.

Not only would Kyle Lowry have been handling the ball and the game flow in a late-game scenario, possibly quelling a Bucks run or even not committing the same fatal giveaways that Tyler Herro did, but it’s still even a bit deeper than that.

Kyle Lowry may have been the guy throwing the pass toward Jimmy Butler on the controversial inbounds play that led to a jump ball between Giannis Antetokounmpo and Jimmy. At the very least, Lowry is on the floor as another option or valve to take the inbounds.

To be more specific and look deeper than just the surface level, Kyle Lowry does point guard things.

Where a basketball player is a basketball player, meaning they should all be able to make the same basic instinctual plays, it means something different to be a true floor general of a point guard. Kyle Lowry is that.

Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry Makes It All Go As It Does

Again, Kyle Lowry is what you call a true floor general. Take this play for Victor Oladipo‘s first bucket of the year in their last game against the Houston Rockets.

Kyle Lowry had a shot, one that’s as open as open gets in the NBA. Instead, he took this opportunity to step into his shot hard as a fake to make the defender bite even harder on the shot action.

This would allow Victor Oladipo an even more open look, to which Dipo paid off for his first points in a while.

Not only is this just what a playmaker is trained to do, get the great look even if you have a good one, but it was some psychology to it all that a true floor general considers. This was an opportunity to help get his guy going, a guy that hadn’t seen anything go in a very long time.

What better way to build trust between two guys who have never played with each other, while also instilling confidence in a guy that could be a huge part of a title run for the team than to give up an opportunity to make a special one happen for him? There’s no better way.

Kyle Lowry knew and considered all of that, but he always seems to. He makes a lot happen for the Miami Heat and is the link that makes up for quite a bit of deficiency from time to time.

Plainly put, Kyle Lowry is the ultimate problem solver for the Miami Heat and it’s not that hard to see when he’s out there.