Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Ready To Go After Late Fall In Game 3 Against Milwaukee Bucks
Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is expected to play in Monday's Game 4 against the Milwaukee Bucks despite exiting Saturday's game after a hard foul.
Butler did not play the final minutes of the Heat's 121-99 victory that put them ahead 2-1 in the best-of-7 series. He finished with a team-high 30 points.
Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Butler was only taken out for precautionary reasons. The Heat were comfortably ahead when he left the game.
"When he went back to the locker room, he said, `Hey, just give me a couple minutes. I'll be ready to go," Spoelstra said. "We pushed the lead to 20. I was going to insert him back into the game if it broke 15 but the second unit all night long gave us just a tremendous boost."
The Heat have a chance to take control of the series Monday. The Bucks played the last two games without star Giannis Antetokounmpo because of a back injury but he is likely to return for Game 4.
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