The Miami Heat got a huge victory in Game 5 against the Philadelphia 76ers in their second-round NBA Playoffs series. Coming away with the victory against a docile Joel Embiid and James Harden, it now sets the Miami Heat up in an elimination game on Thursday in Philadelphia to end things once and for all.
However, how did they even get to this point in the first place? Going up, 2-0, in the series to begin with, just how did they manage to put themselves in a position where they had a must-win Game 5 scenario?
Well, the answers can cover multiple vantages, but there is one that stands above all else. They were bad on offense.
That means—really bad. Not only did they shoot the three-ball terribly, an area that they were tops in throughout the season and have been for the last couple of years, but their overall offensive output was lacking.
That’s just it though. They weren’t great in Game 5, but just average.