Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Expected Available Today For Game 3 Against New York Knicks
Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler expected to play today against the New York Knicks for Game 3
He missed Game 2 because of an ankle injury.
Game time: 3:30 p.m., ET
Where: Kaseya Center
TV: TNT
Betting line: Heat -3.5
VITALS: The Miami Heat and Knicks met four times this regular season with New York winning the season series 3-1, with each game decided by single digits. Miami is 65-69 all-time versus the Knicks during the regular season, including 36-30 in home games and 29-39 in road games. The teams enter this postseason having faced each other five times in the playoffs, including three times in the First Round (1998, 1999, 2012) and twice in the Semifinals (1997, 2000). Additionally, the current postseason series marks as just the third time in NBA postseason history both teams are seeded five and below, joining only the 1994 series between the Jazz (5th seed) vs. Nuggets (8th seed) and the 1987 series between the Rockets (6th seed) vs. the SuperSonics (7th seed). ... For the Heat, Jimmy Butler (ankle) is questionable and Victor Oladipo (knee) and Tyler Herro (hand) are out. For the Knicks, Jalen Brunson (knee) and Julius Randle (ankle) are questionable
PROJECTED STARTERS
HEAT
G Max Strus
G Gabe Vincent
C Bam Adebayo
F Kevin Love
F Jimmy Butler
KNICKS
F Julius Randle
F RJ Barrett
C Mitchell Robinson
G Jalen Brunson
G Josh Hart
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Heat coach Erik Spoelstra on Jimmy Butler's playing status: “Jimmy is working. We’ll see. I’ll probably have an update for you at 2:15 (Saturday during pregame interviews). But don’t hold me to that. We know what his intentions are.”
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