Jimmy Butler says right thing on Miami Heat no-call but so does Spo

The Miami Heat dropped a tough one on Sunday evening. Facing off against one of the best and hottest teams in the Eastern Conference and the entire NBA on Sunday, the Brooklyn Nets, this was a good barometer game for a Miami Heat team seeming to be looking in the right direction.

Though they are taking steps, you stop short of “heading” because they have to find more consistency in the things that lead to victory for them. However, you use “seem to be looking” as they are consistently doing those things more than they aren’t right now.

That’s a far cry from where they have been, at points, in this year.

However, back to Sunday, the Miami Heat came out and showed you the best of them on both sides.

Though they would allow over 60 points scored in the first half to a potent Nets bunch, they would also score 60 points in the half on a much-improved Nets defense. Now, still needing to show some classic Miami Heat defensive chops, they would do that too as they opened up the second half.

Only allowing 13 Brooklyn points in the third period, the Miami Heat would set themselves up to be able to walk away victorious. And though the game was highly contested right up until the very end, the Miami Heat weren’t able to walk out with a win.

Jimmy Butler Says The Right Thing On Miami Heat No-Call But So Does Spo

And though, as it always is with any negative results, there are many things that led to the results ending as they did, the Miami Heat’s final shot attempt is a point of intrigue and anxiety. On a driving layup to win the game, the Miami Heat’s best player, Jimmy Butler, endured a ton of contact—but got no call.

And while a person with no eyes could see that it was foul-worthy contact, the Miami Heat’s superstar did what he was supposed to do. He owned responsibility for his miss and took it on the chin.

And while Jimmy Butler was right, he was also wrong. You want your best players to own up to things.

You want them to be accountable. You want them to take winning and losing so personally that it hurts them.

But, you also want your best players to set standards and lead. That’s what Jimmy Butler was doing here.

Spo Is Supposed To Say What’s Right, Even When The Miami Heat Players Can’t

He certainly had to know that he was fouled. He knew that there was a ton of contact, but he won’t make excuses because he knows that excuses won’t win them ball games or help them improve.

To borrow from the next man in question, they have to control the controllables. Just one of many classic Spoisms, that’s not the only jewel or nugget of wisdom that applies here from the Miami Heat’s head man on Sunday night.

Here is what he had to say on the call.

And Coach Spo would also be right. Jimmy Butler was fouled on the last play and should have had an opportunity to shoot free throws.

Now, whether he makes them or not is a different topic, considering their struggles there recently, but he certainly “earned the right to go” to the line, as his coach stated. You want this from your coach too, standing up for his guys, and saying the things that need to be said even when the players shouldn’t.

Which is exactly what Spo did here. And that is why, both, Coach Spo and Jimmy Butler were both right on the no-call to end the Brooklyn game.