2023-05-26 05:10:00
You don’t know him? It’s completely normal, we won’t blame you. But try to remember his name for the rest of this Eastern Conference Finals series anyway. In this almost one-way Game 5 for Boston, an unexpected player managed to stand out on the Heat side. Haywood Highsmith took his chance and scored points but also spirits for the rest of the series.
I photocopy sand and kiss Bernard Tapie. Ok we move forward two merguez… The Celtics come back to 3-2 in the series and Haywood Highsmith scores 15 points in a Conference Finals game. Well, it looks like it might happen in Kamoulox, but no, it’s the truth.
On this fifth game, Erik Spoelstra changed his tune during the game and tried a new first five to try to thwart the opposing plans. While the Celtics line up a five with only one true interior, the Heat decided to do the same, by replacing Kevin Love by Haywood Highsmith (titu in the second half). 36 minutes of play for HH, which gave satisfaction to the Miami coach. If the South Beach players ended up losing quite a bit, Highsmith finished with 15 points on the clock, with great energy on both sides of the field which helped the Heat despite Boston’s overall domination.
Haywood Highsmith’s bringing some energy to the Heat. ???? pic.twitter.com/iTnRgRYG5R
— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) May 26, 2023
To go back a little on the CV of this still unknown 26-year-old boy, he was trained with the Cardinals of Wheeling (West Virginia) in the second American university division. No, still no valve, nothing goes in his direction. After his college years, he was undrafted when he showed up there in 2018. The Sixers flashed, gave him a chance but to no avail. He is sent back to the G League for the end of the 2018-19 fiscal year.
After a stint in Germany during COVID, the Heat jumped at the chance and gave it a shot. For his second season with Miami in 2022-23, Haywood Highsmith has managed to gradually integrate the rotation thanks to well-returned minutes on the ground. Going from 8 to 18 minutes of play in one year, the Heat’s seventh undrafted player managed this night to show what he was capable of during the biggest deadline of the season.
Hoping for him that Erik Spoelstra gives him a chance in Game 6, with a more interesting role, like that of the starting 3-4 position? In any case, we wish him.
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