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Jimmy Butler Says Miami Heat Can Start Preparing For Offseason If They Repeat Tuesday's Performance On Friday

Jimmy Butler was disappointed by how the Miami Heat performed against Atlanta Hawks with a chance to secure a playoff bid
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Jimmy Butler Says Miami Heat Can Start Preparing For Offseason If They Repeat Tuesday's Performance On Friday
Jimmy Butler Says Miami Heat Can Start Preparing For Offseason If They Repeat Tuesday's Performance On Friday

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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is always blunt when it comes to criticizing himself and teammates. 

It was no different after Tuesday's loss against the Atlanta Hawks. Butler said they can start preparing for next season if they have a repeat performance. 

"We'd have to stay confident," Butler said. "We have to know we are capable of winning, if we start out the right way and if we rebound obviously. But it's just, I don't know, shots don't go in, we foul. That's never the recipe for success with us. So come Friday, we've got to play, like, legit the exact opposite that we played tonight."

On Friday, the Heat play the winner of tonight's game between the Chicago Bulls and Toronto Raptors. If the Heat win, they face the No. 1 seed Milwaukee Bucks in the first round. 

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Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel. He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star. TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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