The world sees the highlights of Butler pointing at a scoreboard and telling Milwaukee’s Jrue Holiday what he’s doing to him - that happened in Game 5 of Round 1 - but the world doesn’t see the highlights of Butler tormenting his close-knit inner circle. No matter what, if I’m scoring, if I’m passing, defending, rebounding, whatever it may be, we’ve just got to win at all costs.” “My teammates keep telling me to shoot the ball, shoot the ball more, attack,” Butler said.
He averaged 22.9 points per game in the regular season - and averaged 37.6 points in Round 1 against the Bucks, the highest average of anyone so far in these playoffs. “Himmy Butler lol,” wrote Portland’s Damian Lillard.īutler doesn’t like the notion that he becomes “Playoff Jimmy,” but it’s tough to argue otherwise. “Somebody said Jimmy Butler averaged my age!!” wrote Golden State’s Andre Iguodala, a former teammate in Miami. Bro really like dat!” injured Heat guard Victor Oladipo wrote, referring to Butler by his jersey number.
Social media lit up when Butler was putting on his show in Game 5.
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Case in point: He has scored at least 40 points in a game eight times since joining the Heat - and all eight of those performances came in the playoffs, including two in the series against Milwaukee, the first a 56-point masterpiece in Game 4 and the other a 42-point effort in the clinching Game 5. It would not be inaccurate to say that the postseason matters more. It would be inaccurate to say that the regular season doesn’t matter to Butler. … I’m rolling with Jimmy at all times.”Īdded center Bam Adebayo: “I’m just thankful that he’s on my team.” “I think Jimmy goes out there and, every assignment that the other team gives him, he tries to take that personally. “Jimmy’s just a talented player,” guard Kyle Lowry said. He plays hard, demands others do the same and makes it worthwhile. It doesn’t take long to figure out what Butler is about. He knows what we’re about,” Thibodeau, the Knicks coach who had Butler on his teams in Chicago and Minnesota, said Friday. Facing his former coach Tom Thibodeau in this series? He thinks that’s irrelevant.
The outside world’s opinions or predictions? He immediately dismisses them. A revival of the Heat-Knicks playoff rivalry that was born a generation ago? He doesn’t care. And I think him being able to get away and clear his headspace has been one of the most productive things for him.”Ī championship is what lured Butler to Miami, and it’s all that matters to him now. You have to be able to recharge your batteries to gear up and do that over and over and over again. “When you put that much physical, mental, emotional and spiritual energy into that will to win, that is so unique. “He puts his soul into competing,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. Butler has led Miami to the Eastern Conference semifinals for the third time in his four seasons with the Heat this year, a matchup with the New York Knicks awaits, starting Sunday. He does things his way, which is not a bad thing - and the results prove it. Some Miami teammates jumped around the locker room to celebrate after eliminating top-seeded Milwaukee Butler simply watched while sipping a drink. Some players rest with one day off between games Butler spent 10 hours flying round-trip to be at Pau Gasol’s Los Angeles Lakers jersey retirement one night and back in Miami for shootaround the next morning. Some players hit beaches over All-Star break Butler went to Argentina to watch tennis and learn about coffee.
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