{"id":6505,"date":"2024-12-01T04:05:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-01T04:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6505"},"modified":"2024-12-01T04:05:00","modified_gmt":"2024-12-01T04:05:00","slug":"heats-jimmy-butler-erik-spoelstra-reveal-jaime-jaquez-jr-s-superpower","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6505","title":{"rendered":"Heat\u2019s Jimmy Butler, Erik Spoelstra reveal Jaime Jaquez Jr.\u2019s superpower.."},"content":{"rendered":"

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During the\u00a0Miami Heat\u2019s big win over the Toronto Raptors\u00a0Friday night, 121-111, the team saw the resurgence of their second-year star Jaime Jaquez Jr., who is coming back from an ankle injury. It was a full team effort in the victory as it was highlighted by\u00a0Heat star Bam Adebayo\u2019s triple-double, but it was Jaquez that was a main reason to keep the game alive in the second half.<\/p>\n

Jaquez had been suffering from inefficiency since coming back from the ankle injury but returned Friday and looked like himself again. He led the team off the bench with 15 points while shooting six of nine from the field, including making two of four from three-point range.<\/p>\n

The aggressiveness from Jaquez was on full display, which garnered the reaction from Heat star Jimmy Butler, who said after the win that\u00a0he appreciates that part of his game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI like it, I like it whenever he is aggressive,\u201d Butler said. \u201cI like whenever he\u2019s playing with so much confidence, and he\u2019s celebrating, he\u2019s getting out in the open floor. We want him to get back to being that, doing that, and just being who he is, man. He knows that he belongs, and he knows that he can put the ball in the basket. And he knows he\u2019s going to get right even when he can\u2019t get right.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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