By now, you’ve probably seen the circus shot Jimmy Butler hit with under a second remaining in regulation to send Game 5 between the Heat and Bucks to overtime, a game Miami would eventually win to become the sixth No. 8 seed ever to win a first-round series.
But Butler, despite having a game-high 38 points on the night at that point, wasn’t Heat coach Erik Spoelstra’s original first option for the game-tying shot. According to ESPN, Spoelstra entered the huddle and originally drew up a play for another Heat player. Butler, when informed of this, had other ideas.
"He looked me dead in the eye," Spoelstra said postgame, "and he just said, 'No. Let me be that guy.'"
