Jimmy Butler

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.

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 had 47 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and the Miami Heat forced the Eastern Conference finals to a decisive seventh game.

Boston’s Jaylen Brown scored 20 points, missing a pair of free throws with the game tied at 99 after Lowry fouled out. Butler made 16 of 29 shots, hitting 4 of 8 from three-point range and all 11 free throws. Kyle Lowry answered with a three and then added two free throws as Miami scored 11 of the next 13 points.

The Miami Heat forced a Game 7 in the Eastern Conference Finals, after beating the Celtics in Boston 111-103. Jimmy Butler put up a historic performance ...

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Jimmy Butler is the rare guy in NBA history who isn't a top 5 overall player but in a playoff setting can take his game to a top 5 overall level… Who in the ...

– We’ll see if that’s sustainable but this is a great start for Miami. –9:04 PM Anthony Chiang@ Anthony_Chiang –11:27 PM Michael Lee@ MrMichaelLee (Actually, win or lose, he gets to go home.) –9:11 PM Gary Washburn@ GwashburnGlobe Jimmy Butler is recreating the LeBron James game from 10 years ago. In fact, no other Heat player has even had three 40-point games in a single playoff run.pic.twitter.com/ObSMWbavlv– 11:28 PM Chris Palmer@ ChrisPalmerNBA And we’re going to win the next one too.” –11:32 PM Ira Winderman@ IraHeatBeat We’ll see if that’s sustainable but this is a great start for Miami. – (Actually, win or lose, he gets to go home.) – Both Rob Williams and Jimmy Butler stayed in after the timeout. Jimmy Butler is recreating the LeBron James game from 10 years ago. And we’re going to win the next one too.” –

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.

Heat star Jimmy Butler propelled Miami to victory in Game 6 and gave the Celtics plenty of bulletin-board material heading into Game 7.

But as of right now, we've got one more to get on Sunday." And after that one, we get four. "We knew we were going to come in here and get one, we know that we're going to win this next one too," Butler told ESPN. "One more win.

A struggling Jimmy Butler strung together three poor outings at a very bad time but made up for his struggles in a big way on Friday night.

Boston hit 44.4 percent of its shots and was 11 of 33 from behind the arc. Miami was 24 of 25 from the free-throw line. So we have to find a way to win." Tucker made three of four free throws during a 20-second span to make it a six-point margin with 1:25 left. "Our backs are on the wall," Brown said. "We didn't contest and get out on shooters as well as we should have. "Everybody thought the series was already over," Adebayo said. "I just have to remember that every time I take the floor." Butler was aggressive, and we didn't match his intensity." Miami guard Tyler Herro (groin) missed his third straight game. "I let my team down a couple of games," Butler said. Shooting 10 of 40 from the field in a three-game span hurt just as much.

The Boston Celtics were one win away from the N.B.A. finals. After Butler's 47-point Game 6 performance, the Miami Heat are, too.

His performance as a whole evoked memories of 2012, when LeBron James scored 45 points to lead the visiting Heat to a Game 6 win over the Celtics in the Eastern Conference finals. As a team, the Heat made five 3-pointers in the first quarter, which was especially impressive considering they had gone 7 of 45 from 3-point range in Game 5. And Butler, still in search of his first championship, seems determined to make his own mark. The Heat proceeded to win Game 7 to advance to the finals, then won it all. Spoelstra would know, having coached the Heat to two titles and five finals appearances. “The same thing every single day.” He said he had been uplifted by a pregame phone call from Dwyane Wade, the former Heat guard. “He looked at us, didn’t say a word,” Tucker recalled. They mishandled the assignment, leaving Butler with a clear path to the hoop, and he pounced, driving for a layup and absorbing contact for good measure. They had lost Game 5 by 13 points while shooting 31.9 percent — at home, no less, where their fans shuffled out of the arena wondering whether they would see the team again this season. By the time he cradled the basketball outside the 3-point line late in the fourth quarter, taking a half-beat to survey the landscape before him, he carried himself with a certain air of inevitability: Was there any doubt what would happen next? He did so on an ailing right knee after two of the roughest games of his career.

MIAMI (REUTERS) - A struggling Jimmy Butler strung together three poor outings at a very bad time but made up for his struggles in a big way on Friday night ...

So we have to find a way to win." "Our backs are on the wall," Brown said. "Everybody thought the series was already over," Adebayo said. "I just have to remember that every time I take the floor." "I let my team down a couple of games," Butler said. Shooting 10 of 40 from the field in a three-game span hurt just as much.

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.

Joel Embiid reacts to former Philadelphia 76ers star Jimmy Butler leading the Miami Heat to a Game 6 road win over the Boston Celtics.

Butler, who shot a combined 10-for-40 in Games 3 through 5, put on an absolute masterclass with 47 points, nine rebounds, eight assists, and four steals as Miami forced a Game 7 back at FTX Arena on Sunday for the right to face the Warriors in the NBA Finals. The Sixers will now look to chase both the Heat and the Celtics in the 2022-23 season as they also look to make a deep playoff run of their own. Former Sixers All-Star Andre Iguodala is headed to the Finals once again as the Golden State Warriors knocked off the Dallas Mavericks and his opponent in the Finals will be decided in a winner-take-all Game 7 on Sunday in the Eastern Conference finals.

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.

The hobbled Miami Heat pushed the Boston Celtics to a Game 7 on sheer guts.

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Battling a knee injury and playing with a depleted roster, Butler put out a potentially pivotal performance in Game 6.

He just has a flair for the moment. Meanwhile the Celtics have to believe that Smart has a better game in him and Grant Williams won’t collect more fouls (four) than points (two) again. They took Games 4 and 6 in Milwaukee to win the last series. He got to the basket. With 41 seconds left he drilled a 20-footer with the shot clock expiring to swell it to six. He just knows how to manage a game.” He finished at the rim. The rest of the way, Butler was magnificent. Midway through the first quarter, Butler knocked down his first three. He made 50% of his threes. He made 55% of his shots. The Heat lost.

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.

Jimmy Butler met with the media after the Miami Heat won Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Boston Celtics.

- SHOULD THE BUCKS MAKE A TRADE? On Sunday afternoon, the Milwaukee Bucks lost Game 7 to the Boston Celtics, which officially ends their 2021-22 NBA season in the second-round. However, this would be the second time in just four years that the Heat would be in the Finals (if they are able to beat the Celtics in Game 7 ). "It's not finished yet," Butler said.