Jimmy Butler's agent on Butler's injury: We don’t even know yet but we’re having to live in somebody else’s reality
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What’s the buzz on Twitter?
#Heat without Jimmy Butler: 13-9
#Bulls without Alex Caruso: 5-6
MIA with Butler off: -2.0 per 100
CHI with Caruso off: -3.2
I still got Miami tomorrow. – 12:19 PM
Jimmy Butler expected to miss extended time as Heat await results of MRI on knee sun-sentinel.com/2024/04/18/all… While we wait. – 12:04 PM
Jalen Brunson finished the 2023-24 season with:
*More points than Nikola Jokic and Jayson Tatum
*More assists than Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Dame Lillard
*More made 3PT’s than Anthony Edwards and James Harden
*More made FT’s than Jimmy Butler and Kevin Durant
*More… – 11:11 AM
On eve of elimination game vs. Bulls, Heat’s Jimmy Butler set for MRI on injured right knee later today miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… – 10:57 AM
Alex Caruso called Jimmy Butler “one of the great competitors this league has.” But Caruso, like his teammates and coaches, know the Heat will be ready, with or without Butler.
“They have a culture,” Coby White said.
On Bulls-Heat for @NBCSChicago: nbcsportschicago.com/nba/chicago-bu… – 10:41 AM
ESPN: Sources: Heat’s Jimmy Butler expected to miss several weeks
Bulls at Heat Friday. ONLY local call on @670TheScore 5:45 CT. – 10:28 AM
Miami Heat, Jimmy Butler out for multiple weeks: season ending for the superstar @Sportando sportando.basketball/en/miami-heat-… – 10:12 AM
New column @YahooSports:
First, it was Embiid. Then Giannis. Now Zion and Jimmy Butler. As injuries begin to pile up at the worst possible time, the NBA’s Player Participation Policy faces its real test: the playoffs. sports.yahoo.com/the-nba-playof… – 10:08 AM
Jimmy Butler’s MRI is scheduled for 3:30 p.m. So apparently some have seen an MRI that has yet to be done. Now, the assumption of extensive time sidelined certainly aligns with the injury. – 10:03 AM
Jimmy Butler still hasn’t undergone an MRI. Butler and the Heat are still waiting for the official diagnosis on the knee injury. MRI scheduled for later today. – 9:59 AM
Jimmy Butler, at this moment, has yet to have been evauated. At this moment, he has yet to see the Heat doctor. While the seriousness is apparent, even he is awaiting word. – 9:55 AM
Jimmy Butler last night talking about the injury: pic.twitter.com/o4V4uN1Cgj – 9:51 AM
Heat’s Jimmy Butler expected to miss several weeks, via @wojespn espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 9:51 AM
Joining The Starting Lineup now to provide an update on Jimmy Butler is his agent, Bernie Lee!
@TheFrankIsola @Scalabrine
📻 Listen Live: sxm.app.link/nbaradiolive – 9:40 AM
I think Jimmy Butler could have head-faked a guy in the air, taken awkward contact with his leg at an awkward angle in his first preseason game or Game 7 of the NBA Finals and still gotten hurt. Don’t think him missing regular-season time had much to do with it. – 9:40 AM
Jimmy Butler out multiple weeks
Heat-Bulls tomorrow night
Thought it was just a bad dream – 9:40 AM
Jimmy Butler injury: Heat star expected to miss multiple weeks with MCL injury, per report; MRI on Thursday cbssports.com/nba/news/jimmy… – 9:26 AM
Gutsy of Jimmy Butler to play on what sounds like a torn MCL to try to get the Heat into the playoffs. He probably knew what it was and tried to give his team a chance.
But the Heat were in this position because of injuries and now the season is likely over because of an injury – 9:20 AM
All eyes on Jimmy Butler’s knee at Heat time of need, “Landed and my knee just didn’t do well.” sun-sentinel.com/2024/04/18/all… “I thought the adrenaline would kick back in and I would be able to move, and it just wasn’t the case. I wasn’t able to do anything on either side of the ball.” – 8:17 AM
NEW: Yes, the Heat faces an elimination game tomorrow. But the concern today is about Jimmy Butler’s knee. Butler will undergo an MRI today miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… Butler: “I hope that I wake up tomorrow and can still stick-and-move. Right now, I can’t say that’s the case.” – 8:05 AM
Five Degrees of Heat from Wednesday night’s 105-104 loss in Philadelphia: sun-sentinel.com/2024/04/17/hea…
1. Could not close from up 14.
2. Jimmy Butler’s knee now the focus.
3. Early fouls limit Bam Adebayo.
4. Delon Wright steps up amid absences.
5. So now beat the Bulls or go bust. – 7:03 AM
Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler suffered a right knee injury sportando.basketball/en/miami-heats… – 2:27 AM
Jimmy Butler feared to have MCL injury in right knee, status vs. Bulls in question
nbcsports.com/nba/news/jimmy… – 1:17 AM
New ESPN story: As the Miami Heat trudged out of Wells Fargo Center Wednesday night, reeling from a bitterly close loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, they had to wait for an MRI Thursday to see if star Jimmy Butler would be able to play Friday against Chicago espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 1:02 AM
The Miami Heat’s offense was bad before the injuries to Terry Rozier and Duncan Robinson. Without Jimmy Butler, it is essentially toothless: theathletic.com/5425041/2024/0… – 12:44 AM
So the Bulls might not have Alex Caruso to guard Jimmy Butler, who might not be able to be Jimmy Butler. This is setting up just fine. – 12:24 AM
Friday’s PLAY-IN 8 seed or bust games aren’t likely to include Zion Williamson, Jimmy Butler or Alex Caruso. My numbers for both:
#Pelicans -1 vs. Kings O/U 223 #LightTheBeam
#HEATCulture -3 vs. #SeeRed O/U: 217 – 12:18 AM
Chicago at Miami, Friday 7pm (ESPN).
A rematch of last year’s game for the 8-seed.
Winner gets Boston in the 1st round.
Game 1 Sunday at 1pm.
Bulls and Heat split the season-series, but haven’t met since mid-December.
Jimmy Butler (R Knee) will undergo an MRI tomorrow. – 12:03 AM
Caruso hasn’t played since 9:43 mark of 3rd and, at this point, surprise would be if he does return.
If this holds, injury status of Caruso and Jimmy Butler will take center stage. – 11:48 PM
4Q Bulls up 18—should they hang on—it’s off to Miami-Friday-ONLY local call 5:45 CT @670TheScore Jimmy Butler will undergo MRI (knee) tomorrow. – 11:42 PM
Jimmy Butler injury: Heat star to have MRI on Thursday, MCL issue in right knee reportedly feared
cbssports.com/nba/news/jimmy… – 11:22 PM
Heat could be without Jimmy Butler and Terry Rozier in Friday’s must-win game. Initial read on injury is a knee sprain for Butler, but more clarity will come after tomorrow’s MRI. – 11:14 PM
Heat now facing possibility of playing on Friday without Jimmy Butler, Terry Rozier, and Duncan Robinson. Early thought on Butler is a knee sprain, with day-to-day designation likely. – 11:13 PM
Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler is feared to have an MCL injury in his knee, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The injury could sideline Butler for an indefinite period. MRI to come. pic.twitter.com/jD8n1WkkBT – 11:00 PM
Jimmy Butler limped out of Wells Fargo Center after the Heat’s play-in loss.
(via @JakeLFischer) pic.twitter.com/xrb78IHM4d – 10:45 PM
Jimmy Butler walking with a significant limp on his way out of Wells Fargo Center just now. – 10:37 PM
Whew, so I don’t have to tweet: “Sixers-Bulls: the battle of the lowest play in teams who both didn’t want Jimmy Butler.” – 10:36 PM
Jimmy Butler says MRI on Thursday. On knee, “It had me feeling that I couldn’t do too much.” – 10:27 PM
Jimmy Butler wearing a protective sleeve on his right knee after the game. – 10:19 PM
Erik Spoelstra on Jimmy Butler knee, “As the second half went on, it started to limit him a little more.” – 10:04 PM
Who else is happy they don’t have to concern themselves with BS Jimmy Butler injury reports/updates the next five days? – 9:47 PM
Jimmy Butler parking himself in the corner on that sequence tells you all you need to know about his knee. – 9:27 PM
Jimmy Butler is still bothered by the right knee. He’s walking with a slight limp and grabbing at it every now and then. – 9:19 PM
A very looong break for Jimmy Butler who’ll close this game. But the last time he was in, he looked like a shell of his first half self. Guessing the knee. Broken record, but yeesh, Sixers need to be so careful of the pump fakes and fouls, and careful with their passing. – 9:18 PM
After 3: Heat 74, Sixers 69
Philly follows a 39-point first half with a 30-point third quarter – in part because it went from 12 first half turnovers to 2 of them in the third.
Jimmy Butler has 17 for Miami & Tyrese Maxey has 13 for Philly. Joel Embiid has 12 & 11 on 3-for-12. – 9:04 PM
Tyler Herro and Jimmy Butler have combined to shoot 8 of 32 from the field.
Heat shooting 39 percent from the field as a team. – 8:58 PM
Tyler Herro 4 of 14, Jimmy Butler 3 of 11, and Heat up double digits. (Albeit Butler 6 of 7 from line.) – 8:43 PM
Thank you ESPN for mic’ing up Jimmy Butler this experience was not brutal enough on its own – 8:35 PM
Heat outscored Philadelphia 17-2 off turnovers in that first half
Jimmy Butler just had his 8th straight season with more steals than fouls, and look at him at halftime:
– 4 steals
– 0 fouls – 8:24 PM
Heat up 12 at halftime
The Heat’s zone the reason
Delon Wright and Haywood Highsmith clamping the perimeter
Jimmy Butler and others lurking
Offense spotty but did the job
This is Heat basketball – 8:20 PM
At the half:
4 — Jimmy Butler steals
3 — Sixers threes pic.twitter.com/EdNZ7BDWEj – 8:19 PM
Jimmy Butler is the first Heat player with four first-half steals since …
Kyle Lowry.
(Lowry did it on Jan. 3.) – 8:07 PM
Jimmy Butler is out there still
And absolutely hunting
Draws Embiid’s 2nd foul – 7:54 PM
And now Joel Embiid has two fouls – both of which drawn on him on pump fakes by Jimmy Butler, just as Embiid did to Bam Adebayo early on. – 7:53 PM
*Jimmy Butler every time he looks like he tore his knee* pic.twitter.com/E6PGZRsVRK – 7:53 PM
Jimmy Butler down on the floor with an apparent right knee injury. – 7:52 PM
Even if Jimmy Butler can stay in the game, it’s not like he was moving around awesome before the injury. Hopefully it looked worse than it feels. – 7:51 PM
After 1: Heat 23, Sixers 22
Heat lead thanks to nine points off of seven Sixers turnovers, though Bam Adebayo has two fouls and Jimmy Butler has tweaked his knee.
Tyrese Maxey has seven to lead Philly, which – it goes without saying – simply must take better care of the ball. – 7:49 PM
Jimmy Butler goes down, grabs at his right leg and screams.
Erik Spoelstra: “What the f*ck was that?”
Alonzo Mourning: “Oh boy.”
Pat Riley looks on in concern. pic.twitter.com/GwcY9ynJd3 – 7:48 PM
Jimmy Butler just went down after getting fouled and started grabbing at his right knee.
Looked like he may have bumped knees with Kelly Oubre. Still unclear. – 7:47 PM
Jimmy Butler down. Butler now up. But limping severely. Must shoot free throws to remain in game, unless foul is deemed flagrant. Ruled common foul. – 7:47 PM
Jimmy Butler is down on the ground after going up for a layup that was contested by Kelly Oubre. Didn’t appear to be much contact at all on the play, but Butler was down for a long time. He’s now up and was trying to walk it off. – 7:46 PM
Jimmy Butler was down for a bit after that foul. But he’s up now and limping to the Heat’s bench. – 7:46 PM
Jimmy Butler is down and very slow to get up. He seems to be in a good deal of pain and discomfort after taking a hit while leaking out for a layup in transition and colliding with Kelly Oubre Jr. He’s limping now to the bench. – 7:46 PM
Jimmy Butler gets Lowry switched off of him then gets rid of the ball. Herro ends up matched up with Lowry in the corner and drives against him and shoots over Joel Embiid. pic.twitter.com/VeALC3G4ox – 7:35 PM
Two Jimmy Butler weak-side steals for dunks
That’s when you know the time of year
So great at that – 7:34 PM
Jimmy Butler is stupidly locked in to shooting 5-of-15 tonight – 7:26 PM
Kyle Lowry again taking the Jimmy Butler assignment and he goes in for the pull-up early on. Heat need that version of Jimmy tonight. – 7:18 PM
76ers vs. Heat score: Live updates, highlights as Joel Embiid, Jimmy Butler battle for date with Knicks
cbssports.com/nba/news/76ers… – 7:09 PM
Will be interesting to see Jimmy Butler’s counters if Kyle Lowry again defends him. Last time, Jimmy basically didn’t shoot at all. – 6:45 PM
Heat starters tonight:
Tyler Herro
Caleb Martin
Jimmy Butler
Nikola Jovic
Bam Adebayo – 6:32 PM
Heat sticking with the starting lineup of Tyler Herro, Caleb Martin, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo for tonight’s play-in game vs. 76ers in Philadelphia.
Duncan Robinson will be available off the bench. – 6:31 PM
Heat opening the postseason as they ended the regular season, with a starting lineup of Bam Adebayo, Nikola Jovic, Jimmy Butler, Tyler Herro and Caleb Martin. That lineup went 4-3 during the regular season. – 6:31 PM
Give Em To Me! I want your predictions for tonight’s game between the #Sixers vs. #MiamiHeat #SoFiPlayIn game. I want the winning team, final score and points for Joel Embiid, Tyrese Maxey and Jimmy Butler. #NBA pic.twitter.com/T4d7OSxcK2 – 2:38 PM
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