Josh Hart hits the game-winning shot for the Trail Blazer
Hart’s 3-pointer as time terminated off a pass from Damian Lillard gave the Trail Blazer a 110-107 triumph over the Miami Heat on Monday night, covering an ideal offensive completion from Portland.
🚨 JOSH HART HITS THE GAME-WINNER FOR THE BLAZERS 🚨pic.twitter.com/eQm3j5JqwR
— ClutchPoints (@ClutchPointsApp) November 8, 2022
Portland had the 15-point lead in transit to a comeback win. They promoted off the absence of Tyler Herro while holding all Miami players to 16 points or less.
A buzzer-beating corner three from Josh Hart shocked Miami, and quieted South Beach fans that moment, got their soul back after a Maximum Straus 3 tied it late. One more win in the books for Portland has proceeded with a Cinderella rushed to bring back a 7-3 report card, deserving of recognition, and not world-renowned establishing.
Josh Hart with the buzzer-beater 3 for the Blazers who win 110-107 at Miami after the Heat had tied it up seconds before.
— Aaron J. Fentress (@AaronJFentress) November 8, 2022
Unreal.
This team … 😮#ripcity pic.twitter.com/35Pcknsvr6
The Match Highlights
The Portland drew for most of the final three quarters and went 8-8 from the floor in the game’s last 6:07.
The execution was no issue for the Portland Trail Blazer as they shot 13-17 in the final quarter, the second-best last 12 minutes by any NBA group up until this season. Just New Orleans — 14 for 18 against the Los Angeles Trimmers on Oct. 30 — had a superior final quarter.
Anfernee Simons scored 25 for Blazers, Jerami Award had 23, and Lillard wrapped up with 19 points after returning. Hart and Justice Winslow scored twelve points each.
Jimmy Butler, Straus, and Bam Adebayo scored 16 points each for the Miami Heat. The Miami (4-7) got 15 from Lowry and Gabe Vincent and ten from Caleb Martin and Dewayne Dedmon.
Simons went for fouling Adebayo with 10.2 seconds left.
However, the Portlands contended that the Miami Heat center was at legitimate fault for utilizing his arm to snare Simons on the play.
The referees reviewed and gave the ball to Blazers. With 8.5 seconds left, Simon made two free throws, preceding Strus tied it. And afterward, Hart finished it.
Portland snapped a four-game-long string of failures to Miami and hasn’t lost back-to-back games this season. With 10:39 left, Portland lost the lead in the first half while Duncan Robinson missed a 3-pointer and followed for the following 32:17 . Lillard tied the game with 2:20 left.
It was the 2,999th game in the Miami Heat’s history, including playoffs. Tyler Herro and Udonis Haslem were out, joining the still-sidelined Victor Oladipo and Omer Yurtseven. It was the beginning of a four-game homestand for Miami, and they will not have another of those until late December.
