Kyle Lowry: “I would take my shirt off but I don’t wanna embarrass him.”
-Lowry: “For me it was about getting myself healthy so I could help my team in these type of moments in these types of situations.”
-Butler: “We got 8 more.”
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alex toledo
@tropicalblanket
producer/co-host/reporter for @5OTF_ podcast of @5ReasonsSports, 📝💻 for SI.com // formerly of @miaheatbeat and @FIU
Miami-Dade
Born February 22
Joined July 2010
- Jimmy Butler: “We did a great job shutting down Derrick Jones Jr.” “Locked that sh*t up.” -when asked why the Heat defense has been elite this year: “We got rid of Derrick Jones Jr. Got his ass outta here.” #5RSN
- this what it looks like when Bam switches onto a perimeter playerFam... Imagine running into one of these in the wild... You are DEAD.
00:00 - Max Strus on his big shot: “In the timeout Kyle said let’s run a pin down for Max, so when he said that I had all the confidence in the world.” “This was brewing from last game. We got embarrassed at home, we had a bad taste in our mouth.”
- Jaime Jaquez: “As far as playing for Mexico, don’t think I will be playing this summer” - says he wants to work to become a lockdown defender and a knockdown shooter
- Kyle Lowry on Jimmy Butler: "Fuckin' incredible. My bad, my bad. Don't fine me NBA, that was really a mistake, I promise." Jimmy Butler: "Fine him, fine him. They fine me all the time."
- Asked Caleb Martin about what it’s like to potentially eliminate the 2 championship favorites as an 8th seed: “We not playing to prove nobody wrong, we’re playing to win a championship.” @5OTF_ @5ReasonsSports
00:00 - Jimmy Butler should win Finals MVP regardless of who wins this title
- the Heat got Jimmy Butler for Josh RichardsonThe Sixers got Seth Curry for Josh Richardson and a 2nd-round pick
- Jimmy Butler: “Yeah yeah yeah, laugh it up.” “This is my emotional state. I’m one with my emotions so this is what you get.” … -“See y’all in The Finals in June” -on the roster as it stands: “Yeah we straight”
- PJ Tucker: “Man I don’t care if i ever score. I love getting my guys shots.” “Making winning plays, sacrificing your body, putting it on the line to win games. That’s what’s it about.”
- here’s the Inside the NBA footage of Giannis picking Bam for his All-Star team
00:00 - Jimmy Butler on what has gone right in the 7-game winning streak: “Haywood.” -when asked why: “Because he’s starting.”
