(Editor’s note: With Pac-12 sports through January, we’ll recap every NBA playoff game that includes a former Arizona Wildcat, along with some social media reactions.)
The team with the best NBA record during the regular season is down 3-0 in a best of seven playoff series. You do it, 2020.
On Friday, the Miami Heat beat the Milwaukee Bucks 40-13 in the final quarter, turning a 12-point downside into a 115-100 win to win the third in a row over seed in the Eastern Conference.
The Bucks were beaten by 27 in the 4th quarter, the worst point differential in a 4th quarter of a playoff game in the 24 ” era (since 1955). @ESPNStatsInfo
– Marc J. Spears (@MarcJSpears) September 5, 2020
Jimmy Butler finished with 30 points, 17 of which in the fourth, personally overtaking Milwaukee along the stretch. Bam Adebayo added 20 points and 16 rebounds and Jae Crowder had 17 with five triples for the Heat, who are 7-0 in the playoffs in the Orlando bubble.
The Miami bench contributed 31 points, six of which came from former AU star Andre Iguodala, who also had three rebounds and three assists (plus four fouls) in 11 minutes of play. Iguodala suffered a sprained right ankle at the end of the third quarter of the win in Game 3 and it was questionable to play on Friday.
The other former Wildcat of the Heat, Solomon Hill, was once again a DNP. He did not appear in the postseason.
What’s next
Miami, which last reached the Eastern Conference Finals in 2014, can participate in the Milwaukee Sweep Sunday at 12:30 pm MST on ABC.
Before that, Saturday, game 4 of the Eastern Conference semifinal series between defending champion Toronto Raptors and the Boston Celtics. Boston leads 2-1 over Toronto, which has two former UAE players (Rondae Hollis-Jefferson and Stanley Johnson) who have recorded two minutes combined in their first three games.
What the Arizona guys say on social media
Miami picking up Jae Crowder while trading for Andre Iguodala turned out to be a move with league-altering implications. What a world.
– Rob Mahoney (@RobMahoney) September 5, 2020
If the Heat eventually progress to the NBA Finals, it will mark Andre Iguodala’s sixth consecutive appearance in the Finals.
– Bruce Tennen (@BruceTennen) September 5, 2020
Future room of famer Andre Iguodala
– John Brown’s Blood (@MrRobotCodeBrkr) September 5, 2020
every day is another day that i discover andre iguodala playing for the heat
– Amelia (@ameliahyesook) September 5, 2020
