Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Refuses To Make Excuses After Finals Loss

At one point, Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler was the talk of the postseason.

After dominating the first three rounds, he struggled in the NBA Finals. Still, he refused to make any excuses after losing Game 5 against the Denver Nuggets. He also said his play had nothing to do with his injured ankle.

"Zero. My ankle is fine. We just didn't win," Butler said. "There's no excuse. They beat us. That's all I got."

Butler averaged 27.3 points, 6.8 rebounds and 5.9 assists in the playoffs but his numbers dipped in the Finals. He averaged 21.6 points on 41 percent shooting against the Nuggets.

"We just missed shots," Butler said. "That's what this league is about. We make two or three more shots, that's what it's been for us all year long. I think we did enough to win. You guard well. We're still in position to win. You don't have to score a hundred points to win a basketball game. I think we'll be okay. That's Coach Pat and Coach Spo's job to put together another team, which I'm confident that they will do, and we'll take it from there."

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