
While he is humming along in the regular season, still missing quite a few games (40 games played out of 60 this season), Jimmy Butler roars as soon as the playoffs arrive. Or that they are approaching…
“How do I suddenly become the best basketball player in the world?” I don't know “ was he having fun recently for Bleacher Report. “I’m just different. This is where you have to play your best basketball, where you have to find a way to make your team win, when the playoffs arrive. Even now, everyone has to slip into their roles. We have to find our rhythm. And with my music, I find my rhythm. »
Against Utah, Jimmy Butler showed his playoff face, completing his best game of the season with 37 points on 12/19 shooting, including 3/3 from distance, plus 7 assists, for the best +/- of the match at +14.
Miami gets closer to the Top 4
The Florida winger set the tone from the start, stifling John Collins defensively in the low post on the first possession of the match, before hurting the Jazz all evening with his physical impact under the circle. With his feints, he multiplied the baskets with the mistake, to make the difference in important moments.
“When Bam and Jimmy play with that competitive spirit and they connect from that standpoint, our guys think they can beat anybody.” explained Erik Spoelstra, when Bam Adebayo summed up the Heat formula: “We made some stops at the end, and me and Jimmy made some big plays in the fourth quarter. »
With this victory, the 10th in their last 13 outings, the Miami players are in 6th place in the East, directly qualifying for the playoffs, and they are very close to the Top 4…