Miami is enjoying a great season and is on track to secure first place in the East. But tonight the hit suffered a very strange home loss, 118: 104 against Golden State that played without all its stars (Kerry, Thompson and Green). But an incident that occurred during this game may indicate the bad atmosphere in the team, when the focus was on Jimmy Butler, who almost got into a physical confrontation with veteran Udonis Islam.
That confrontation occurred shortly after Golden State finished its 0:19 run at the start of the second half and greatly frustrated Miami. During the timeout taken by Eric Spolstra, discussions began between the coach and his star. But at this point came the Islamist who began to slam things into Butler, who for his part did not remain obligated. The two started yelling at each other and almost got into a physical confrontation that was avoided only because of the intervention of the other players on the team, when Spulsara in response slammed his writing board on the designers floor.
A confrontation that could have ended badly
Tempers flared between Jimmy Butler and Udonis Haslem during a timeout against the Warriors.
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After the game, in which Miami was defeated as stated, in Miami an emergency call was made in the locker room which reportedly lasted 35 minutes. According to the report Kyle Laurie served on the calming standard and after the game he said: “The guys really want to win and they work really hard. Their passion goes out. The fire and emotions go out every now and then. But like I said, for us it’s nothing. We are focused on our tasks.”
That loss jeopardized Miami’s position in the East in the East and Spolstra gave one of the game indirect criticism of Butler when he said: “We have things to achieve. It starts with our leadership, the veteran players need to lead and we just need to play better. That’s the whole thing. I know how it is. “It looks like that from the outside, but it’s better that way than playing without passion and effort. Maybe we needed that kick in the ass to wake up.”