The Miami Heat suffered a 111-92 loss to the Dallas Mavericks at home on Wednesday, and Jimmy Butler did not make as much of an impact on the game as fans or head coach Erik Spoelstra would have liked, scoring 12 points on eight shots with four rebounds and three assists.
“We all understand how important it is to get Jimmy going. Our team understands it, Jimmy understands it, head coach understands it,” Erik Spoelstra said, via Zach Weinberger of ClutchPoints. “Some nights like this you’re just going to have to figure out a way to get it done and he’ll muster up what he needs to do down the stretch, but we can never get it to that point.”
Spoelstra went into the gameplan for the Heat to try to get a win against the Mavericks, saying that they tried to muck it up and make it a close game for Jimmy Butler to take over and win the game in the last few minutes. However, the Mavericks just got off to too big of a lead in the first half, and the game got away in the second half.