The Miami Heat avoided an ugly collapse last night against Boston with some clutch shooting from an unlikely source: rookie point guard Norris Cole.
The 23-year-old didn't start for Miami. But he was in there down the stretch, and for some reason he was taking the big shots that LeBron and D-Wade should have been taking.
Luckily for the Heat, Cole buried two jumpers with the Heat up three points in the final minutes, and Miami escaped with a 115-107 win.
He finished with 20 points on 8/16 shooting — taking more shots than anyone else on the team.
These shots won't always fall for Cole. But he's talented and poised for a rookie, and he'll make Miami an even bigger juggernaut if he can keep it up all year.
Here's his two biggest jumpers (the second one comes 30 seconds in):
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