Heat guards Max Strus and Gabe Vincent were red-hot, recording eight of Miami’s 17 3-pointers in Game 2 against the Nuggets.
After watching guard Max Strus go 0-for-10 in Miami’s loss to the Denver Nuggets in Game 1 of the NBA Finals, Spoelstra remained calm. He didn’t think Strus needed a pep talk to regain his rhythm. Thursday’s performance was simply a case of the ball not falling in.In Game 2 on Sunday, Strus found his shooting touch.
Strus set the tone in the first. He scored 12 of his 14 points in the opening quarter while knocking down a pair of 3-pointers during Miami’s early 10-2 lead.“Max coming out like that was huge,” Heat guard Duncan Robinson said. “When he hit those shots, it settled everyone . From there it was about chipping away.”
Spoelstra called Strus a “winning player.” No matter what he asks Strus to do, the guard will do it. “He’s physical, he’s in the right spots, he’s a great block-out guy. He’s also a guy that will come in and help rebound,” Spoelstra said.While Strus helped create momentum early, Vincent — who finished with a team-high 23 points on 8 for 12 shooting —was essential to Miami pulling away in the second half.
Trailing by six points at the start of the third, Vincent received a pass from Heat guard Jimmy Butler before draining a 3-pointer. Two minutes later, Denver trapped Butler at the baseline when he kicked the ball to Vincent on the wing, where he buried a wide-open 3-pointer to cut the deficit to 64-62.
In the fourth, Miami was down by two points when Vincent’s fourth 3-pointer gave his team a 86-85 lead and jump-started a 9-2 scoring run.
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