The Miami Heat were all but counted out coming into Game 6 of their Eastern Conference Finals showdown with the Boston Celtics. Losing Games 4 and 5 in depressing fashion, with their offense failing them in both, the Heat didn’t seem to have anything going for them heading into this one.
The Boston Celtics had all the momentum. Again, the Miami Heat couldn’t hit the broad side of a barn in the previous two games, from both range and the field in general.
The Celtics were the team with a 3-2 lead and looking to close the series out. The game would be played in the hostile environment that is TD Garden, the Boston Celtics’ arena.
The whistle hadn’t necessarily been a kind one to Miami all series long either. And if all of that wasn’t enough, the Miami Heat were seeming to be a team that were so decimated by injury that it would be extremely hard to get it done.
Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry Might’ve Hit The Biggest Shot Of ECF Game 6
Then, Jimmy Butler said hold the phone, hold the analysis, and hold the Celtics versus Golden State Warriors NBA Finals graphics.
As he eventually would show everyone, he was set to lead his Heat to victory to force a Game 7 winner take all clash, 111-103.
And though he would do a ton of the heavy lifting for his Miami Heat, nearly messing around and getting a 50-point triple-double at 47 points, nine rebounds, and eight assists, he wouldn’t be alone in his effort.
In fact, the biggest shot of the game might’ve come from one of his best friends in the world, the resurgent Kyle Lowry.
Going from extremely hampered looking a day ago to chipping in a huge 18 points, four rebounds, and 10 assists on 5-14 from the floor and 4-9 from three, one of Lowry’s four triples would be massive to the Heat’s fate.
Again, it might’ve been the most important shot of the game for Miami.
Miami Heat: Kyle Lowry’s Shot Tied The Game And Gave Them A Jolt
Being up 13 at one point in the third period, the Miami would take a, 82-75, lead into the fourth period. The Celtics would come all the way back to take a three-point lead with about four minutes remaining in the contest.
Then, Kyle Lowry nailed an extremely difficult range shot that would tie the ball game up.
Kyle Lowry hitting that shot, not only, allowed the Heat to tie the ball game before going on to close it, but it was a shot that calmed the storm and let the Heat know that they still had what it took to get it done after they had just allowed the Celtics to climb back into it and overtake them.
It wasn’t supposed to be pretty, which it wasn’t up until that point or to close it out, but the Miami Heat got it done. Hitting a shot over a wall of people, defenders and teammates alike in this scenario, to tie the ball game up in a crucial swinging moment is big-time stuff.
But, as the famous Santana Moss quote goes, “big-time players step up in big games”. Kyle Lowry certainly has been that throughout his career, he was that on Friday night for the Miami Heat, and his shot might’ve been the biggest one of Game 6.