His appearance is that of a regular squad player. A brown of 1m96 who could make the good times of a team registered in Regional 1. But behind this too pronounced normality struggling to hide the qualities of the best crossbowman in Florida. We would ask him to aim for the apple on our skull without shaking.
Every high-stakes game has its X factor.
We knew Max Strus very comfortable with his right arm. The non-drafted Heat comes out of a regular campaign at 11.5 points averaging 35% from 3-pointers. He even reached the 41% success rate at long distance over the previous exercise. He has crossed the 20-point mark eleven times this season. All these figures placed end to end evoke a major player of the very complete rotation of the Heat. Impossible to mention the 25th attack of NBA (aouch) without mentioning him as perfect point of support placed in the cornerable to uncheck as to explode the hips of his opponent on a start of which only his calves of small nervous have the secret.
Last night, Max Strus fans enjoyed a total demonstration of their idol: 31 points at 7/12 from the parking lot, 8/8 on throws and… +27 of plus/minus. In a victory of “only” nine points, the differential is excellent. He should have finished on 34 points, but a long shot was taken away from him for stepping on the sideline. He shouldn’t have finished 34 points behind. In short, Max Strus misses by nothing his career high of 32 points established on December 17, 2021 against the Magic. His level of play in the series against Milwaukee will be one of the conditions sine qua non at the Miami side hope interview. Without him, no feast and a big collective deficiency in long distance address (3/18 of his teammates this evening). It remains to be seen what Strus is capable of when targeted by the defense. It is certain, Mike Budenholzer will not miss it.
“When it comes to defense and rebounding, we took it more personally. We weren’t ready against the Hawks. They came and hurt us, but we were prepared for that tonight. –Max Strus, for 5OTF
MAX STRUS. CLUTCH.
HIS 7TH THREE OF THE GAME 🔥 pic.twitter.com/gHNx5EaOPD
— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 15, 2023
