Accurate by the Composer. Miami is the most courageous, mentally steely team in the Association.
Strus was one of several undrafted players to step up in a big way for Miami. Caleb Martin had 22 points and eight rebounds, and Gabe Vincent had 21 points and five assists. Strus himself had 17 points while dealing with a lower back contusion he sustained in the game that caused him to briefly go to the locker room in the third quarter before he returned in the fourth.
Throw in Duncan Robinson's nine points and Haywood Highsmith's five and the undrafted players for Miami combined to score 74 of the team's 105 points. The 74 points by undrafted players were the most for any team in the modern draft era (since 1966), according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
In fact, it was the fifth time a team has had undrafted players account for 50 points or more in the playoffs -- and all five times it was done by the Heat, in the past two postseasons. It was also the first time in the modern draft era that a pair of undrafted teammates each scored 20 in a game.
Throw in Duncan Robinson's nine points and Haywood Highsmith's five and the undrafted players for Miami combined to score 74 of the team's 105 points. The 74 points by undrafted players were the most for any team in the modern draft era (since 1966), according to ESPN Stats & Information research.
In fact, it was the fifth time a team has had undrafted players account for 50 points or more in the playoffs -- and all five times it was done by the Heat, in the past two postseasons. It was also the first time in the modern draft era that a pair of undrafted teammates each scored 20 in a game.
