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Jimmy Butler Trolled Celtics After Heat’s Game 2 Win, and Fans Loved It

Andy Nesbitt

Jimmy Butler didn’t play in Game 2 but he had some fun after it, as he trolled the Celtics on Instagram after Miami’s win.
Jimmy Butler didn’t play in Game 2 but he had some fun after it, as he trolled the Celtics on Instagram after Miami’s win. / Troy Taormina-USA TODAY Sports
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The Miami Heat won Game 2 of their first-round series with the Boston Celtics, 111-101, on Wednesday night to even the series as it shifts to Miami.

What made the victory so surprising is that the Heat were able to do it without their leader, Jimmy Butler, who remains out with a knee injury suffered against the Philadelphia 76ers in the play-in game last week.

While Butler didn't suit up for the game, he did had some fun after it as he trolled the Celtics on Instagram with a photoshopped image of his head on Jaylen Brown's body and a line used by Brown during last year's playoff matchup with the Heat after Boston went down 3-0 in that series:

Fans loved it:

Game 3 is Saturday night in Miami.

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Andy Nesbitt
ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.

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