Jimmy Butler

The Heat superstar got plenty of buckets in Miami's impressive Game 6 victory over the Boston Celtics on Saturday. Butler rose to the occasion with his team in ...

ESPN's Lisa Salters will be the broadcast's sideline reporter. Wade actually was instrumental to Butler's magnificent play. Butler also had nine rebounds, eight assists, four steals and a block in close to 46 of action.

BOSTON (AP) — Jimmy Butler had 47 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and the Miami Heat forced the Eastern Conference finals to a decisive seventh game by beating the Boston Celtics 111-103 on Friday night. Ten years after LeBron James scored 45 ...

He scored or assisted on 24 of Miami’s 29 points in the quarter. Celtics: Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, who was inducted into the ballclub’s Hall of Fame on Thursday night, was courtside. Boston's Jaylen Brown scored 20 points, missing a pair of free throws with the game tied at 99 after Lowry fouled out. Miami guard Tyler Herro missed his third straight game with a strained groin, costing the team its No. 2 score. Kyle Lowry answered with a 3 and then added two free throws as Miami scored 11 of the next 13 points. Butler made 16 of 29 shots, hitting 4 of 8 from 3-point range and all 11 free throws.

Jimmy Butler wouldn't be denied, scoring a playoff career-high 47 points as the Heat won 109-103 to force a decisive final game back home in Miami.

Tatum had a team-high 30 points with nine rebounds, four assists, two steals and a block. Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum each had 18 points in the first half, scoring 36 of Boston’s 46 points in the first two quarters. Brown had just four points in the second half, ending with 20. Butler had 21 points, nine rebounds, six assists and two steals — in the first half. He also collected nine rebounds, eight assists, four steals and a block. Butler wouldn’t be denied, scoring a playoff career-high 47 points, the second time he has reached at least 40 points in this series.

Jimmy Butler's stat line in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals for the Miami Heat was eerily similar to that of LeBron James in the same situation ...

After scoring 14 points in the first quarter, Butler never really slowed down, and just like in 2012, the Celtics and Heat will play a seventh game for all the marbles in Miami. He made up for lost time and then some in Game 6, producing a stat line reminiscent of that of LeBron James in an eerily similar situation for the Heat against the Boston Celtics in the conference finals 10 years ago. After scoring 41 points in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Finals and following that up with a 29-point showing, the Miami Heat superstar had been quiet over the three subsequent games, averaging just 9.0 points over Games 3-5.

The Miami Heat are not done yet. Thanks to Jimmy Butler's monster performance on the road in Game 6, there will be a Game 7 back in Miami on Sunday.

Teams with Game 7 at home are historically favored to win, which now places Miami at an advantage that perhaps seemed impossible following their Game 5 loss. With this win, the Heat gain not only another chance, but a significant amount of momentum as well. The Miami Heat are not done yet.

Jimmy Butler set a personal playoff high with 47 points to lead the Miami Heat over the host Boston Celtics on Friday night.

Boston’s Al Horford buried with a trey to tie it at 94 with 5:31 left. Boston hit 44.4% of its shots and was 11 of 33 from behind the arc. Victor Oladipo and Strus canned back-to-back 3-pointers to cap the run. Miami was 24 of 25 from the free-throw line. Tucker made three of four free throws during a 20-second span to make it a six-point margin with 1:25 left. Butler had scored just 27 points over the previous three games before erupting during a must-win situation in Game 6.

The Boston Celtics haven't been to the NBA Finals since 2010 when they lost to Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games.

With Herro potentially back in the lineup for Miami, the Celtics are going to have to put together their best team effort of the year to avoid what would be the most disappointing C’s loss since that Game 7 against the Lakers back in 2010. The Warriors can now sit back and watch the Celtics and the Heat beat each other up in what will assuredly be a physical Game 7. Well, according to calculations from The Ringer, they were predicted to win the series 83% of the time heading into the game. They committed countless unforced turnovers, picked up brutal fouls and allowed Miami to race to an early double-digit lead that forced them to play from behind for the vast majority of the game. The Boston Celtics haven’t been to the NBA Finals since 2010 when they lost to Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. Considering that they have been to the Eastern Conference Finals six times since then, it’s understandable if they thought that they were overdue.

Jimmy Butler set a personal playoff high with 47 points to lead the Miami Heat over the host Boston Celtics on Friday night.

Boston’s Al Horford buried with a trey to tie it at 94 with 5:31 left. Victor Oladipo and Strus canned back-to-back 3-pointers to cap the run. Boston hit 44.4% of its shots and was 11 of 33 from behind the arc. Miami was 24 of 25 from the free-throw line. Tucker made three of four free throws during a 20-second span to make it a six-point margin with 1:25 left. Butler had scored just 27 points over the previous three games before erupting during a must-win situation in Game 6.

"They made some crazy shots," Boston's Jaylen Brown said in defeat.

The Celtics started the third quarter on a 22-12 run, and after White had created a kick out 3 for Al Horford and then knocked down a corner 3 himself, it looked like another Heat possession had gone nowhere. Then, late in the clock, he instructed Victor Oladipo to cut down the middle and sprung open for a deep catch-and-shoot 3: Jayson Tatum had made a floater on the previous possession, and then White, defending Butler in isolation, slapped the ball out of his hands and out of bounds. Another part is "sometimes he'll just make a big-time play at the end of the clock, something that he's never maybe practiced on or attempted before. Part of that is running the offense and getting the ball where it needs to go. The Heat had lost by eight points, but Spoelstra thought that they were in a decent position down the stretch, if only Philadelphia hadn't made so many "crippling" plays.

NBA - L'ailier du Heat plante 47 points pour repousser des Celtics accrocheurs jusqu'au bout, et permet au Heat de rester en vie (111-103).

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Grâce à un Jimmy Butler des grands soirs (47 points), le Heat s'est imposé sur le parquet des Celtics dans la nuit de vendredi à samedi (111-103).

Pour les Celtics, il a manqué de la régularité sur l'ensemble de la rencontre. Et nous savons que nous allons gagner le prochain aussi », a réagi Butler après-coup. Grand artisan de la victoire de son équipe, Jimmy Butler, auteur de 47 points, a réalisé la meilleure performance de sa carrière en play-offs (16/29 au tir, 9 rebonds, 8 passes et 4 interceptions). Les 30 points d'un Jayson Tatum trop esseulé n'ont pas suffi.

BOSTON (AP) — Jimmy Butler had 47 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and the Miami Heat forced the Eastern Conference finals to a decisive seventh game ...

He scored or assisted on 24 of Miami’s 29 points in the quarter. Celtics: Red Sox slugger David Ortiz, who was inducted into the ballclub’s Hall of Fame on Thursday night, was courtside. Boston's Jaylen Brown scored 20 points, missing a pair of free throws with the game tied at 99 after Lowry fouled out. Miami guard Tyler Herro missed his third straight game with a strained groin, costing the team its No. 2 score. Kyle Lowry answered with a 3 and then added two free throws as Miami scored 11 of the next 13 points. Butler made 16 of 29 shots, hitting 4 of 8 from 3-point range and all 11 free throws.

Jimmy Butler a lâché une performance légendaire sur le parquet de Boston cette nuit pour maintenir le Heat en vie. Tout simplement épique !

On parlait de ses bobos au genou, eh bah il a fallu serrer les dents pour porter le Heat du début à la fin dans l’environnement hostile du TD Garden. Et non seulement Jimmy a fait tout ça dans l’antre des Celtics, mais également contre une défense élite qui a maltraité Kevin Durant au premier tour des Playoffs tout en rendant la tâche difficile à Giannis Antetokounmpo au second. Mais ce Game 6 à Boston, il restera comme le match où Jimmy Butler a véritablement tutoyé les sommets. Il y a tout juste dix ans, LeBron James jouait peut-être son meilleur match en carrière en sauvant le Heat dans un Game 6 à Boston, cette nuit on a eu droit à la version Jimmy Buckets et c’était tout aussi impressionnant. Voilà les chiffres de Jimmy Butler sur les Games 4 et 5 de la série, tous les deux perdus par Miami. Clairement, Jimmy n’était pas lui-même et on doutait de sa capacité à porter le Heat dans un match à élimination, notamment à cause de son genou. Il a donné le ton d’entrée en étant absolument partout des deux côtés du terrain, il a d’abord scoré en étant agressif mais a également mis ses copains dans les bonnes conditions, il a joué pratiquement tout le match (il n’est pas sorti de toute la deuxième mi-temps), et c’est encore lui qui a fait la diff’ dans le money time avec un and-one à 99-99 et un énorme dagger à la fin de l’horloge des 24 dans l’ultime minute de la rencontre (après s’être tordu la cheville s’il vous plaît). Clairement, il y a absolument tous les ingrédients nécessaires d’une prestation ayant le potentiel de définir une carrière. Surtout si le Heat remporte l’Est derrière, voire même le titre NBA. Parce que ce que vient de réaliser Butler lors du Game 6 à Boston, c’est le genre de performance qui reste gravée dans l’histoire des Playoffs. 47 points (record perso en Playoffs), 9 rebonds, 8 passes, 4 interceptions, 1 contre, seulement 1 perte de balle, le tout à 16/29 au tir, 4/8 du parking, 11/11 aux lancers-francs en…

Jimmy Butler a sorti un match légendaire, au niveau de LeBron James dans l'histoire de Miami, afin de survivre dans cette finale...

Grande prestation pour Jimmy Butler, qui permet au Heat de voir un Game 7, le premier de ces playoffs par la même occasion. Les stats de Jimmy Buckets ? 47 points en 46 minutes de jeu, à 16/29 au tir, 4/8 à trois points, 11/11 sur la ligne des lancers, en plus de 9 rebonds, 8 passes et 4 interceptions. Le Heat jouait sa survie ce vendredi soir contre les Celtics. Pas de calcul à faire au bord de l’élimination, ce qui a peut-être aidé Jimmy Butler dans cette partie. Il y aura donc un Game 7 entre les Celtics et le Heat, pour savoir qui ira affronter les Warriors en grande finale. Tant mieux pour les hommes de Steve Kerr, puisqu’ils n’ont rien à faire en attendant le Game 1, qui aura lieu jeudi prochain. En plein Game 6, Miami devait absolument gagner ce vendredi soir contre les Celtics, au risque de prendre la porte.

Héroïque, l'ailier Jimmy Butler a porté le Miami Heat face aux Boston Celtics (111-103) afin d'obtenir le droit de disputer un Game 7.

Son Game 6 a été héroïque. Mais est-ce que son genou va tenir pour lui permettre de renouveler une telle performance au Game 7 ? Le Heat croise les doigts. Que tout le monde s'en foutait de mon genou un peu abîmé. Que je devais continuer pour construire mon héritage. Nous l'avons dit pendant toute la série, 'ce n'est pas encore fini'. On a le match 7 chez nous", a savouré Jimmy Butler. Pourtant, il ne faut pas l'oublier, le natif de Houston joue actuellement avec un genou capricieux. Avec 17 points et des paniers essentiels dans les 12 dernières minutes, il a parfaitement endossé son rôle de leader. C'est simple, sur ce match, le joueur de 32 ans était PARTOUT ! Omniprésent, il a finalement compilé 47 points, 9 rebonds, 8 passes décisives et 4 interceptions.

NBA - En difficulté depuis trois matchs, l'ailier s'est réveillé pour signer une performance monumentale à Boston. Et offrir un Game 7 à domicile à son ...

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C'est dans les moments décisifs que l'on voit les grands joueurs émerger. Et c'est exactement ce qu'à réaliser Jimmy Butler dans la victoire du Heat sur les ...

Un record de points personnel en playoffs. Voilà la copie de ce que Jimmy Butler a rendu. L'arrière All Star inscrit 47 points à 16/29 aux tirs dont 4/8 à trois points, 11/11 aux lancers francs, 9 rebonds, 8 passes décisives et 4 interceptions en 46 minutes de temps de jeu.

BOSTON — P.J. Tucker, Markieff Morris and Jimmy Butler had a conversation in the Miami Heat locker room before Game 6 of the Eastern Conference finals on ...

When we really needed it, as their defense stepped up, as the game got to four, six, he found a way to get us a really important bucket." "Sometimes, you just need your best players and your guy to make plays," Spoelstra said. Butler and the Heat were not finished. Butler’s performance conjured memories of another brilliant Game 6 road performance by a Heat player in this arena. I want to play basketball the right way," he said. Butler barely had 20 points in the three previous games: 13, six and eight and he missed the second half of Game 3 with right knee inflammation. "Just matching his intensity from the start wasn't there," Celtics coach Ime Udoka said. He accounted via scoring and assists for 24 of Miami’s 29 points in the first quarter. This was an impressive win for the Heat with Tyler Herro (strained left groin) missing his third consecutive game. "I want to win. We need 50 tonight," Tucker said, relaying the story to reporters. "Jimmy just brought his competitive will tonight," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said.

BOSTON — In the NBA playoffs, the games need a good story. Without one, they are merely matchups that tip off too late and drag on through too-long ...

And there’s no Jay-Z shout-out to “Jackson … Tyson … Jordan — Game 6″ if Michael Jordan doesn’t hit that championship-clinching jumper against the Utah Jazz in 1998. We don’t get the indelible image of LeBron, hunched forward and eyes menacing, if he doesn’t first save the Heat against Boston in Game 6 of the 2012 conference finals. Overwriting their mistakes with his own story, Butler showed up on the next Miami possession, swooping in from near the right baseline and scoring through Al Horford’s foul. A win and Tatum and Brown would’ve elevated into the rare green air of Celtic lore. With that kind of build up, the audience could further delight in the conclusion: Butler’s sensational night, scoring a playoff career-high 47 points, to go with nine rebounds, eight assists and four steals — on the Boston Celtics’ home court. Expected to win even by its potential opponent waiting in the West; Draymond Green and the Golden State Warriors had just punched their ticket to the Finals on Thursday night when Green predicted on TNT: “We’re going to play Boston.

Miami Heat : 111; Boston Celtics : 103. Jimmy Butler était tout simplement en mission. L'ailier du Heat a été incroyable pendant toute la rencontre pour ...

Mais les Celtics ont de la ressource, et le trio Jayson Tatum (30 points à 9/12 aux tirs), Jaylen Brown (20 points), Derrick White (22 points) performe, permettant aux Celtics de ne pas être distancés, et même de repasser devant en toute fin de deuxième quart. Le Heat, toujours mené par Butler, qui termine le match avec 47 points (!!) à 16/29 aux tirs, 9 rebonds, 8 passes et 4 interceptions, en remet une couche. Et ce dès le début du match, puisque dès le début de la rencontre, il est ultra agressif, terminant le premier quart avec 14 points, 5 rebonds et 4 passes.

Dans le sillage d'une performance XXL de Jimmy Butler, le Miami Heat l'a emporté chez les Boston Celtics (111-103) pour jouer un Game 7.

Grâce à lui, le Heat a tout de suite pris le contrôle du match. Le patron de Miami a parfaitement assumé son rôle en montrant la voie aux siens. Non, le Miami Heat n'est pas mort ! Après deux matches très décevants, les Floridiens ont eu une grosse réaction sur le parquet des Boston Celtics (111-103) à l'occasion du Game 6.

Jimmy Butler dominated Heat-Celtics Game 6 in the Eastern Conference finals. Asked to describe Butler's game, Kyle Lowry said, "f***ing incredible."

That was really by mistake. Aye, listen, don’t fine me, NBA. That was by mistake. The NBA has fined players more frequently for profanity lately, especially for using the f-word.

The Miami Heat had their backs against the wall on Friday night. Similar to how they had the Philadelphia 76ers in the second round of the 2022 NBA Playoffs ...

Thybulle, who continues to rack up defensive accolades, has already become one of the league’s best perimeter defenders early on in his professional career. Overall, Butler finished the matchup with 47 points in 45 minutes. After checking in for all but eight seconds, Butler went 6-9 from the field and 4-4 from the free-throw line, grinding out 17 of his team's 29 points. By the time the third quarter wrapped up, the Heat star had 30 points in 34 minutes. The All-Star chucked up ten shots and knocked down six for 14 of his team's 29 points. The Miami Heat had their backs against the wall on Friday night.

Jimmy Butler was exceptional in Game 6 against the Boston Celtics, as the Miami Heat avoided elimination thanks to his 47 points, nine rebounds, ...

Fine him." "Fine him. That was considered an obscene gesture by the NBA, so it fined him $15,000. "My bad," Lowry said. Before Lowry was done pleading his case, though, Butler jokingly went at him. Jimmy Butler was exceptional in Game 6 against the Boston Celtics, as the Miami Heat avoided elimination thanks to his 47 points, nine rebounds, eight assists and four steals.

It seems as if the moment was destiny now, but entering Game 6 Butler had scored just 27 points in the previous three games and was battling an injury that ...

Butler overcame that setback and is one win away from reaching his second NBA Finals with the Heat. It also helps to have past legends of the game who once walked in your shoes available to give championship advice if needed. At every stop, from Chicago to Minnesota to his brief stint in Philly and Miami, Butler has emerged as the emotional leader of the team and a go-to guy in crunch time. He usually steps his game up, locks in and plays with a passion and purpose that few can equal. The huge scoring performances that others have during a regular season that doesn’t amount to much get them headlines and glory. He’s not exactly humble, because he will flaunt his triumphs and shove it back up in his opponent’s face in the heat of the moment. Believe it or not, at the time the sheep and prisoners of the moment laughed at Butler and scoffed at the declaration as hyperbole. Butler has been putting the league on notice for years, even leading the Heat to the NBA Finals inside the Disney bubble in 2020 and establishing himself (or so he thought) among the upper echelon of franchise-caliber stars. That’s back when LeBron’s Lakers, the Brooklyn Nets and Greek Freak’s Bucks were the toast of the NBA’s talking heads. The two-way phenom also added some menacing defense with nine rebounds, eight assists and four steals in a 111-103 Miami Heat win to force a Game 7. With Miami on the brink of elimination against a surging Boston Celtics squad, Butler rebounded from a poor Game 5 performance. He impacts the game on the level of most superstars, but doesn’t have the eye-popping offensive numbers, MVPs or mega endorsement deals those other elite ballers do. Heat forward PJ Tucker said that he told Butler “We need 50 tonight.” Tucker says Butler just looked at him and nodded.