INCONCEIVABLE! - Perk's word to describe Jimmy Butler's 56-PT night

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INCONCEIVABLE! - Perk's word to describe Jimmy Butler's 56-PT night | NBA Today
The NBA Today crew react to Jimmy Butler dropping 56 points on the Bucks in Game 4.
So Jimmy Butler, he's had plenty of big time playoff.
This was amazing.
This was incredible.
We're going to show you exactly how it went down because this
was one for the ages.
We thought with Giannis Attentakoumpo returning here
Chanae that this would be the game.
The Bucs get back.
The series is tied.
Oh, no first quarter coming out dropping 22.
I mean, let's talk about how this guy doesn't really shoot
threes during the regular season shows up when it matters
most in his game is fully unlocked.
And let's also talk about the people that have played for
the Miami Heat and he's breaking all the records, right?
We just talk about that.
But Giannis Giannis being a monster.
I said it when I did game three having Giannis back is not
going to solve all your problems.
The boy hit solve the lot of them.
Well, but look how much they're up with just under nine minutes
left and no look pass from Giannis Diamond to Brooke Lopez
big double-digit lead here with under five minutes to go and
yet Miami kept coming and Jimmy Butler did so
many quality things attacking Chris Middleton getting him
in foul trouble getting him out the game.
But there were some big big shots hit by the others Martin
knock down.
He's been great all game here trying to call a timeout.
No, you're being too lazy.
You're like you playing against the wrong squad to be too
lazy. That's heat culture right there.
Jimmy Butler fully embodying heat culture 130 run in two
minutes.
Jimmy is feeling himself in this moment.
So Milwaukee up by 2 120 left Jimmy takes a three you said
he's not known for that today, but my goodness when it comes
to the playoffs every shot is a great shot for him and around
this time.
This is when we got what we wanted watch this step back and
then he started talking his ish and that is over drew holiday
one of the drew holidays one of the best defenders in the
world in the entire world.
Ladies and gentlemen, there is not a better guard defender
that you can find.
Well, Miami takes a 3-1 lead.
Let's hear from Eric Spolstra.
I'm not ready to rank anything yet.
We still have some work to do.
I don't think Jimmy would want me up here, you know ranking
this performance or anything.
He's not relaxing.
He understands, you know what we still have to do and he
understands who we're facing.
I'm sure you guys will be able to fill in the gaps of you
know, what this performance has been, you know, historically
for the Miami Heat just go out there and I compete I want to
do everything for my team to win along with everybody else
on his roster.
I think coach Pat and spoke wanted me here for a reason.
I feel like this is part of that reason but the job's not
done. So we don't want to get comfortable.
We got one more to get you denied before his playoff.
Jimmy thing.
Are you ready to it's not a thing.
It's not just I just I just be hooping.
I'm sorry, Jimmy.
It's kind of a thing.
I appreciate the humility but it's a thing because the heat
trail by 11 with eight minutes to play Jimmy Butler went
into a just go mode scoring or assisting on 24 of the Heat's
final 32 points.
He outscored the Bucks by himself in that span 21 to 16.
It wasn't just about his 56 points.
It was scoring when it mattered the most time and score and
he went off and I was speechless.
I did not have good words.
I did not have the best words for all this but I know our
friend Kendrick Perkins Perkins does so perk.
What is your word of the day to describe Jimmy?
Jimmy Butler.
I'm keeping it real simple today and it's inconceivable.
That's what it was inconceivable.
Jimmy Butler did the unthinkable.
Nobody thought that he would come out there and put on this
type of performance that he did last night.
This was one of the great greatest playoff performances.
I have ever seen if you would have told me before the start
of the game that Jimmy Butler would have carried this team
with Brooke Lopez going off of a career playoff high 36 points
11 rebound rebounds.
Giannis having a monster triple-double and he single-handedly
went toe-to-toe with those Giants.
And by the way over there on the Bucks they have Drew Holiday
who could arguably be in the defensive player of the year
conversation.
They have Brooke Lopez and Giannis Antetokounmpo both of
those guys could also be in the defensive player of the year
conversation.
All three of those guys were on the floor when Jimmy gave
them their 56-piece winged dinner all flats air fried with
a little dab of ranch dressing.
It was a beautiful performance and one of the greatest playoff
performances.
I have ever seen and that's saying a lot.
He's only just did never use the dad.
Yeah, he don't hurt puts his whole hand in.
He dumps his whole head.
He goes like this.
He gets his whole hand.
Okay, the truth.
I've seen you eat bro.
I want to bring Zach Lowe into the conversation because Miami
now leads the series three to one.
So on the Buck side of all this they were the favorite.
We were all talking about them for them to win a title.
So in your eyes, is this series over Zach over first of all
inconceivable.
Good job perk.
I like the Princess Bride reference.
It's inconceivable that this series is over the Bucks have
home court advantage and they have Giannis if this is a serious
team.
Are you serious?
This is a serious team.
They will win game five at home and all they got to do is win
one road game against the team by the way that has in this
series alone lost Tyler Hero lost Victor Oladipo and about a
week and a half ago look like they were about to wheeze their
way out of the play in tournament with two straight losses.
No, it's not over the heater eventually going to have to win
one game where Jimmy Hime doesn't go absolutely bonkers the
entire game.
So no, it's not over but this is as serious as it gets for the
Bucks.
It felt like their playoffs really started last night when
Giannis finally came back and it didn't start well and their
margin for error is now exactly zero zero.
Yeah, all the pressure is on them.
Chris Middleton has a player option for next season.
This team is not getting any younger.
This is an urgent urgent moment for them and I'll tell you this
the heat they are not scared of any moment.
They're going to come into Milwaukee.
They're going to punch you in the face and let's see what
happens Jimmy Butler give Milwaukee some work last night.
He scored 56 points in the win setting the Heat playoff record
tying for the fourth most in any playoff game in League history
and then the Heat they needed every single bucket because
they trail by as many as 15 points.
The 56 points tied Michael Jordan for the most in any 15
point playoff comeback Jordans was also in Miami, but it was
against the Heat and then Butler.
He dominated from the jump scoring 22 in the first and then
closing it out with 21 in the fourth that effort makes him
the only player in the play-by-play era to score 20 in multiple
playoff quarters, which is just insane.
So Jalen Rose is back with us who knows a little something
about playoff basketball.
I need you to add some historical context for us here.
Jalen, where does this rank on the list of all-time great
playoff performances, sir?
So it's going to go down in history as one of the all-time
great performances.
However, Malika as a history lesson today, I want to give
you guys my top five most memorable playoff moment.
Let's get it.
Let's go back to 1980 when the NBA was on tape delay and a
guy that just won the championship in college as a rookie
Irvin Magic Johnson won the championship and he jumped center
in the closeout game because Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was injured
put in work Irvin Magic Johnson memorable performance.
How about this next one?
Let's go to 1986.
Sometimes I dream.
There's a reason why he hasn't played basketball in 30 years
and people still buying his shoes.
Look at him red white and black was so cold.
Look at him Malika the double pump all the basket and the foul
and this is against an all-time great Celtic team led by Larry
Byrd, Robert Parrish and Kevin McHale, but let's go to the
next one 1987.
Larry Joe Byrd.
Oh, yeah, Hank from French League and this broke my heart.
Oh the bird still underneath the DJ rest in peace DJ.
This broke my heart of my Detroit Pistons losing that game,
but you got to recognize game when it's in your face and Larry
Joe Byrd made all of us do so but next Isaiah Lord Thomas
the third.
Nowadays people talking about low management Malika.
Look what Isaiah is doing out there playing on a bum ankle
literally breaking records in third quarter score and put up
43 at Los Angeles and last but not least James.
Yeah in 2012.
Sorry Big Perk, but that look right there is a menace to
society old dog would be calling for support with those looks
in that eyes and I'll tell you what LeBron James was trying
to establish a championship pedigree that he now has four
times over that was his signature moment to take it to
the next level.
Jalen Rose.
Thank you so very much.
