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Miami Heat Make Their Case For Jimmy Butler As Clutch Player Of The Year

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is among the list for the NBA's first Clutch Player of the Year Award
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Miami Heat Make Their Case For Jimmy Butler As Clutch Player Of The Year
Miami Heat Make Their Case For Jimmy Butler As Clutch Player Of The Year

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With NBA awards times approaching, the Miami Heat released their pitch for Jimmy Butler as the league's Clutch Player of the Year. 

This is the first year of existence to the award, given to players who perform the best in the final five minutes of close games. Butler deserves mention because he has performed well in these situations, especially with the Heat playing so many clutch games. 

Here's the video the Heat posted on their Twitter account Friday. 

Butler is averaging 3.5 points in these moments, helping the Heat earn a 23-18 record in the 41 clutch games he's played this season. While Butler has produced late, it will likely be difficult for him to surpass Sacramento Kings guard De'Aaron Fox for this honor. Fox is listed as the favorite to win the award according to NBA.com 

Fox is averaging five points in clutch moments while helping the Kings end a 16-year postseason drought. The Kings are the No. 3 seed in the Western Conference. 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

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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