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Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler had plenty of harsh words to say to the Boston Celtics after beating them on Friday in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Little did fans know that he’s been trash talking Grant Williams, head coach Joe Mazzulla and Boston throughout the contest. To recall, Williams chirped at Butler […]

Another day, another Jimmy Butler-Michael Jordan record. It’s beginning to sound like a broken record right now, which obviously speaks volumes of the amazing things the Miami Heat star has been doing in the NBA Playoffs thus far. I mean, you have to be doing something right if you’re constantly joining the GOAT on all […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are six games away from the franchise’s first NBA Championship since 2013, and the superstar let social media know on Saturday. Butler posted a nine-slide carousel on Instagram, highlighted by the heated interaction between he and Boston Celtics’ Grant Williams in Miami’s 111-105 win on Friday night. The post […]

The Miami Heat narrowly made the 2023 NBA playoffs after earning a spot following the play-in tournament. The majority of people around the NBA world didn’t expect them to make it past the Milwaukee Bucks in the first round. Miami, however, upset the odds and are now just a pair of victories away from clinching […]

The Miami Heat’s Game 3 matchup in the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals has turned into a virtual must-win situation for the Boston Celtics. With Miami leading the Heat-Celtics series 2-0, it’s time to make some Heat Game 3 predictions. The Heat have stunned the Celtics to open the Eastern Conference Finals, winning the first two […]

Miami Heat stars Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo put together fantastic all-around performances in Friday night’s Game 2 against Jayson Tatum and the Boston Celtics. Butler finished with 27 points, eight rebounds, six assists, three steals, and two blocks, while Adebayo scored 22 points, grabbed 17 rebounds, and dished out nine assists. Thanks largely to […]

How many times do we have to say, “Never poke the bear!” Jimmy Butler and Grant Williams got into a bit of jawing match during Game 2 between the Boston Celtics and the Miami Heat. That altercation seemed to light a fire under Butler, who proceeded to light up Williams in the ensuing possessions. After […]

In the fourth quarter of Friday night’s Game 2 between the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat, Grant Williams got into a verbal altercation with star Jimmy Butler. Both players received technical fouls for jawing at each other, but this sequence came back to bite the Celtics, as the Heat finished the game on a 26-9 […]

Jimmy Butler, for lack of a better word, is HIM. The Miami Heat star is continuing to live up to his reputation as arguably the best playoff performer in recent memory. His latest heroics have Jimmy leading a spirited comeback in the fourth quarter of Game 2 against the Boston Celtics to go up 2-0. […]

Grant Williams is catching a ton of, well, heat over supposedly poking the bear in Jimmy Butler. The Miami Heat star and the Boston Celtics forward got into it for a moment midway through the fourth quarter of Game 2. From there, the game and effectively the series tilted the way of Miami. The Heat […]

Jimmy Butler is on a warpath. Like that famous Miley Cyrus song, he came into the 2023 NBA playoffs like a wrecking ball, and all he’s ever done was wreck whichever team was in the path of the Miami Heat’s bid to win an NBA championship. And there Butler was again, in Game 2 of […]

The Boston Celtics held a nine-point lead thanks to a Grant Williams three-pointer with just over six minutes left in Game 2. From that point on, Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat took over. The Heat outscored the Celtics 24-9 the rest of the way as Butler seemingly flipped the switch and hit several big […]

Veteran sports reporter Bill Simmons is not buying the talks that Grant Williams was the reason Jimmy Butler took over in Game 2 to power the Miami Heat over the Boston Celtics. For those who missed it, Williams and Butler had a heated exchange midway through the fourth quarter. The two had a war of […]

The Boston Celtics came out of the second half intermission with a single-minded goal of learning from their third quarter mistakes in Game 1. As a result, they took an eight-point lead into the fourth quarter, setting themselves up nicely for a strong finish to the contest to tie the series at one-game apiece. However, […]

It’s not as if Jimmy Butler needs any extra motivation to be the dominant force that he is for the Miami Heat. Well, Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams gave him just that in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night. Unfortunately for Williams and the Celtics, it did not work out for […]

A sense of urgency is not only what the Boston Celtics need right now after falling to a 2-0 hole against the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals. For Grant Williams, they need to do so much more if they want to make it a competitive series. Williams issued a warning for the Celtics […]

Grant Williams did not play a single minute in the Boston Celtics‘ Game 1 loss on Wednesday night. Head coach Joe Mazzulla wanted to try something different in Game 2, so he decided to give  Williams the opportunity to help his team on Friday night as Boston entered a must-win contest at the TD Garden. […]

After helping the Miami Heat take down the Boston Celtics in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals, Jimmy Butler appeared to address his heated exchange with Grant Williams with a rather savage message. Midway through the fourth quarter, Williams got into the face of Butler and shouted after the Heat star scored an and-1 […]

Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler and Boston Celtics forward Grant Williams got absolutely heated late in Game 2 of their Eastern Conference Finals series, prompting their teammates and the referees to step in to keep them away from each other. Midway through the fourth quarter while the Heat were staging a comeback, Butler muscled his […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are preparing for a massive opportunity in Game 2 vs. the Boston Celtics. They will have a chance to take a 2-0 lead before returning to Miami, which would put the Heat much more firmly in the driver’s seat than they already are. As Butler arrived to TD Garden, […]

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is widely considered to be one of the toughest players in the NBA. Not just because the six-time All-Star routinely raises his game during the postseason, leading to him becoming one of the best playoff performers in franchise history. Nor is it just because Butler is unafraid of a daunting […]

The Miami Heat defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals, 123-116. Despite leading Miami after two quarters, a 46-point third-quarter outburst by Jimmy Butler and company was too much for the Shamrocks to overcome. As such, the Heat stole homecourt advantage in this series. Here are our three bold […]

What you do in the regular season defines you as a player. What you do in the playoffs though cements your legacy in the NBA. Jimmy Butler has proven time and time that he is one of the best players in the league given his playoff performances, but what he is doing this year for […]

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler starred on both ends of the floor in Wednesday’s Game 1 against Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown, and the Boston Celtics. He scored 35 points on 12-for-25 shooting from the field, dished out seven assists, pulled down five rebounds, and came up with six steals in a game the Heat went […]

The Miami Heat stole home-court advantage from the higher-seeded Boston Celtics with a dramatic Game 1 upset orchestrated by Jimmy Butler. Here we will look at the three Celtics players most to blame for the shocking Game 1 loss to the Heat. The Celtics have developed a concerning tendency to seemingly underestimate their opponents. However, […]

‘Playoff’ Jimmy Butler is a real thing. The Miami Heat star forward has raised his level of play when it matters most, especially in this year’s NBA Playoffs, taking his team to new heights in the process. After he helped lead the Heat to a come-from-behind win over the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of […]

Like just the rest of the Miami Heat fanbase, Trae Young, Kyle Kuzma and several other NBA stars couldn’t help but be in awe of Jimmy Butler and co. after their Game 1 win over the Boston Celtics. Jayson Tatum and his Celtics appeared to be on their way to victory after taking the lead […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat have never been short in confidence. While a few would have predicted that they would make it to the Eastern Conference Finals and win Game 1 against the Boston Celtics, they never doubted themselves and what they are capable of. Butler shared as much after their 123-116 win over […]

It looks like those bizarre talks about Jimmy Butler being the son of Michael Jordan won’t be stopping any time soon. Not after the Miami Heat star recorded a Jordan-like performance in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics. In their East Finals opener on Wednesday, Butler dropped 35 points, five […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat have done it again. The Heat stole Game 1 of the 2023 NBA Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics Wednesday night to the tune of a 123-116 score. At this point, nothing that Butler does on the court should surprise Heat and NBA fans given the success he’s already […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat have already defied expectations after defeating the Milwaukee Bucks and New York Knicks as the No. 8 seed in the Eastern Conference — and the superstar thinks his team will continue its winning ways in the Eastern Conference Final. “This year is our year,” Butler said on Tuesday, according […]

Jimmy Butler is one of the NBA’s toughest players. After his father abandoned his family as an infant and his mother kicked him out of the house when he was 13, he received a Division I scholarship at Marquette and became a first-round NBA Draft pick. Butler, who is 33 years old, is now playing […]

Jimmy Butler has carried the Miami Heat on his back all the way to the looming Eastern Conference Finals vs. the Boston Celtics. Ahead of the series, Jimmy Butler showed his love for Heat fans by mingling with many at a pop-up for his coffee brand Big Face Coffee in Miami, reports Bleacher Report. Jimmy […]

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are surprisingly still in contention to win the NBA title this season. How the Heat have managed to reach the Eastern Conference Finals is something that can be considered short of a basketball miracle. Even then, the Heat could find the odds to get past the Boston Celtics given […]

It’s tough to win the respect of a Boston crowd, but Celtics star Jayson Tatum did so with ease during a blowout Game 7 win over the Philadelphia 76ers. The four-time All-Star put on a historic performance that got the TD Garden rocking and sent the Sixers packing. Tatum put up an insane 51 points, […]

There’s a specific reason why Jimmy Butler wears 22 for the Miami Heat. When Butler signed with the Heat in 2019, he surprised quite a few when he decided to go with 22 as his jersey number. For the Minnesota Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers, he notably wore 23 while for the Chicago Bulls, he wore […]

The Miami Heat are off to the Eastern Conference Final after defeating the New York Knicks in Game 6 on Friday night — and according to superstar Jimmy Butler, it’s all because of Kyle Lowry. When asked what he thinks sets the 2022-23 Heat apart from the typical No. 8 seed, Butler didn’t waste any […]

After failing to close out the series in Game 5, Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat finally got the job done on Friday night. The Heat defeated the New York Knicks, 96-92, en route to punching their ticket to the Eastern Conference Finals against the winners of the Boston Celtics-Philadelphia 76ers series. After the game, […]

Even though the New York Knicks’ season is over following their 96-92 loss in Game 6 of their second round series of the NBA Playoffs, they are probably glad that they don’t have to face Jimmy Butler anymore until next season. Butler has earned the moniker ‘Playoff Jimmy Butler’ and he certainly is reminding everyone […]