The Miami Heat took down the No. 1 seeded Milwaukee Bucks in just five games. Jimmy Butler, Goran Dragic, and Bam Adebayo will received a lot of the praise for their play, but the unsung hero (pun intended) of the Heat’s victories in the first two rounds of the playoffs has been Tyler Herro.
The 20-year-old Herro has been electric off the bench and hasn’t shied away from the big moment at all. Herro has scored in double figures in all nine of the Heat’s playoff games, averaging 14.7 points, 4.9 rebounds, and 3.3 assists while shooting 40% from three-point range, including some tough clutch shots.
On the Locked On Heat Podcast, host David Ramil recounted how great Herro was in the Heat’s Game 5 victory over the Bucks to win the series.
David Ramil: Tyler Herro continues to be phenomenal. I think it's no secret that he's been a hell of a great player. Tyler's confident beyond his years. I think the separation, the hiatus, if you will, really helped in many regards. Now we've seen him struggle with some consistency issues. It's not like he's always going to have a phenomenal game. But he seemed to be energized in a way that Jimmy, Goran, and other starters might not have been.
And Herro was able to create his own shot so effectively behind his ability to just put the ball down, create off the dribble, make plays for others. He had a phenomenal no-look pass to Goran Dragic that was just a hell of a play.
There's just continued evolution from Herro. And of course, once he starts to get that long-range shot down, he's virtually unstoppable. So you’ve got to give him a lot of credit for being able to put in the work. And that's something that's been very consistently said about him all year long is that he wants to continue to get better. He wants to be a great player. He's so young, and he was not fazed by the moment.
On defense, there's still going to be holes in his game. Moreover, I think he just did a really, really great job of stepping up when, again, key veterans like Jimmy Butler and Goran Dragic were struggling to get their shots. Tyler met all comers. It didn't matter who was defending him, whether it was Matthews or Marvin Williams or Khris Middleton. He was able to get his shot pretty consistently. He had a good pace, a good rhythm going that a lot of players did not.
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