David Wilson’s first paragraph on the “Heat” win tonight in the Miami Herald is masterly writing:
The play became routine in the final minutes Friday. Jimmy Butler initiated offense for the Miami Heat, like he so often does, and Tyler Herro hunted out a patch of open space on the perimeter.
Ooh, that’s beautiful. And then his second gives the detail:
The duo ran the action once right at the end of regulation, with Herro setting a screen to free up Butler and Butler finding Herro for a catch-and-shoot three-pointer with 7.1 seconds to go to guarantee overtime. They kept running it in the extra period, the final time out a scramble situation, which ended with Butler finding Herro for another three.
The play became routine in the final minutes Friday. Jimmy Butler initiated offense for the Miami Heat, like he so often does, and Tyler Herro hunted out a patch of open space on the perimeter.
Ooh, that’s beautiful. And then his second gives the detail:
The duo ran the action once right at the end of regulation, with Herro setting a screen to free up Butler and Butler finding Herro for a catch-and-shoot three-pointer with 7.1 seconds to go to guarantee overtime. They kept running it in the extra period, the final time out a scramble situation, which ended with Butler finding Herro for another three.
On that sample alone David Wilson is a very talented writer. He’s destined for The Athletic with writing ability like that. I don’t remember reading him previously. I will now.
