Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Still Confident In His Teammates

Duncan Robinson, Caleb Martin and Max Strus all had performances they would like to forget in Game 1 of the NBA Finals.

But teammate Jimmy Butler fully expects all to recover and plans to find them for open looks tonight in Game 2 against the Denver Nuggets.

"Yeah, I need to say to them, `I'm still going to throw you the ball, and if you miss the next ten, if you're open on that 11th one, I'm still going to throw you the ball, because you'll never be the reason why we lose," Butler said. "It's always a group effort. I want you to take the same shots because they are going to be there. We are going to throw you the ball. Stay aggressive because you've been the reason that we have won so many games before. You are going to be the reason that we win games now, and that's never going to change."'

The trio combined to shoot 2 of 23 from the field. Strus had the worst night of all, going 0 for 10.

"I have a lot of faith in those guys," Butler said. "I'm in their corner, Bam is in their corner, Spo, Coach Pat, everybody. So when everybody is in your corner, you only have one job to do: Shoot the ball."

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