{"id":768118,"date":"2022-12-09T19:10:37","date_gmt":"2022-12-10T00:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?p=768118"},"modified":"2023-01-05T00:52:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-05T05:52:33","slug":"bam-adebayo-has-no-problemwith-jimmy-butler-closing-games-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/news\/nba\/bam-adebayo-has-no-problemwith-jimmy-butler-closing-games-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Bam Adebayo Has &#8216;No Problem&#8217; with Jimmy Butler Closing Games Out"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>As the new year approaches, the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=miami+heat\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=miami+heat\" target=\"_blank\">Miami Heat<\/a> have continued to be a middle-of-the-pack team with victories over the best unit&#8217;s across the League while also losing to one of the worst. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s not much to be proud of in their 12-14 record, but the superstardom of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Bam+Adebayo\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=Bam+Adebayo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Bam Adebayo<\/a> has finally blossomed, and it&#8217;s greatly benefited, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=jimmy+butler\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=jimmy+butler\" target=\"_blank\">Jimmy Butler<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His aggressiveness has been on display, especially in the last six games. The Kentucky product has scored 18.3 points per game in the second half, which is second-best among centers behind <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=los+angeles+lakers\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=los+angeles+lakers\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Laker<\/a> superstar <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=anthony+davis\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=anthony+davis\" target=\"_blank\">Anthony Davis<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Bam keeps getting the job done by any means necessary \ud83d\udca5 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HIbWrG5Kdk\">pic.twitter.com\/HIbWrG5Kdk<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiamiHEAT\/status\/1601230941355114496?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>After a tight battle last night against the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=los+angeles+clippers\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=los+angeles+clippers\" target=\"_blank\">Los Angeles Clippers<\/a>, Adebayo (31) and Butler (26) combined for 57 points while showing efficient shooting from inside the three-point line. Even with Adebayo&#8217;s point total and improvement in the second half, the center wanted Butler to score the team&#8217;s last eight clutch points, which he delivered. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;The ball finds the right places,&#8221; Adebayo said, according to Sports Illustrated. &#8220;Jimmy had the hot hand. He scored our last eight, and that&#8217;s what he does. At the end of the game, if he wants to keep doing, I&#8217;m fine with that. I have no problem with him shooting step-back, one-footers.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JB with a game on the line is just different&#8230; the Clippers were the latest to find out. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ClutchJimmy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ClutchJimmy<\/a> \ud83d\udc4b<br><br>Popular Moment of the Week \/\/ <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/popularbank?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@popularbank<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Zil4anyaCW\">pic.twitter.com\/Zil4anyaCW<\/a><\/p>\u2014 Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MiamiHEAT\/status\/1601273221223174144?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 9, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n\n\n\n<p>The number one option is expected to deliver in crunch time, no matter the circumstance. In his return from a nearly two-week absence, Butler knocked down a stunning fadeaway blow a week ago against the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=boston+celtics\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=boston+celtics\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Celtics<\/a> to steal a victory at TD Garden. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Adebayo quietly recorded 28 points in that same outing and collected seven boards, forcing the Celtics to account for two of the Heat&#8217;s superstars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The tear Adebayo is on right now has made Butler&#8217;s job easier. With Adebayo drawing much more attention, the closing minutes rely on no. 22 to take on isolation assignments in which he&#8217;s so potent. Another Adebayo eruption with a closing call from Butler is in the possibilities Saturday night as the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=san+antonio+spurs\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/?s=san+antonio+spurs\" target=\"_blank\">San Antonio Spurs<\/a> come into town.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As the new year approaches, the Miami Heat have continued to be a middle-of-the-pack team with victories over the best unit&#8217;s across the League while also losing to one of the worst. There&#8217;s not much to be proud of in their 12-14 record, but the superstardom of Bam Adebayo has finally blossomed, and it&#8217;s greatly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":491,"featured_media":768143,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[62708,18,63826,62493],"tags":[10536,64570,6797,103],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-768118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-miami-heat","category-nba","category-news","category-newswire","tag-bam-adebayo","tag-clutch","tag-jimmy-butler","tag-miami-heat"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/491"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=768118"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":770114,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/768118\/revisions\/770114"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/768143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=768118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=768118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=768118"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.slamonline.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=768118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}