Jimmy Butler's Viral Instagram Post After Heat-Pelicans Game
On Friday evening, the Miami Heat defeated the New Orleans Pelicans (in Louisiana) by a score of 106-95.
Early in the fourth quarter, a big scuffle broke out, and four players were ejected, including six-time NBA All-Star Jimmy Butler.
Butler finished the game with 23 points, nine rebounds, six assists, three steals and one block while shooting 7/12 from the field and 1/1 from the three-point range in 27 minutes of playing time.
Following the victory, Butler made a post to Instagram (on Saturday).
There were over 164,000 likes and nearly 2,000 comments in less than four hours.
Butler captioned his post: "It's that time"
Butler is in the middle of another impressive season with averages of 21.4 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 1.4 steals per contest while shooting 50.2% from the field and 44.7% from the three-point range in 38 games.
With the victory, the Heat improved to 31-25 in 56 games, which has them as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference.
Over the last ten games, the Heat have gone 7-3, and they are also in the middle of a three-game winning streak.
Following New Orleans, they will visit Domantas Sabonis and the Sacramento Kings on Monday evening in California.
On the road, the Heat are 16-12 in the 28 games they have played away from Miami.
Butler is in his 13th season in the league (and his fifth with Miami).
He has led the franchise to the NBA Finals in two of the previous four seasons.
