BREAKING: Jimmy Butler's Shocking Injury Status For Game 5
The Miami Heat are hosting the Atlanta Hawks for Game 5 of their first-round playoff series on Tuesday evening in Florida, and for the game they will be without their best player.
Star guard Jimmy Butler was a late addition to the injury report as he has been ruled out for the contest due to a knee injury.
The Heat abruptly added him to the injury report (as ruled out) on Tuesday, and he had not been previously listed as questionable or doubtful.
The Heat have a 3-1 lead in the series after they picked up a blowout win in Game 4 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
The Hawks had trailed 2-0, but then got the series to 2-1 with a win at home in Game 3.
However, the entire series has seemed to come easy for the Heat who have won all three games by double-digits (minus the one-point loss in Game 3).
The Hawks will have a golden opportunity to save their season in Game 5 and force a Game 6 at home, because the Heat will also be without All-Star point guard Kyle Lowry.
Lowry and Butler are undoubtably the two of the team's three best players.
Therefore, the game is there for the taking for the Hawks.
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