Jimmy Butler will likely miss the entirety of the Miami Heat’s first-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics, but his mind is still very much in the playoffs. After his team evened out the series with a 111-101 win during Wednesday’s Game 2, Butler went on Instagram to troll his opponents.
“Feeling cute, might delete later,” he wrote under a photo of a quote by Celtics guard Jaylen Brown. “Sikeeeee I ain’t deleting s—.”
The “don’t let us get one” quote is from Jaylen Brown in last year’s playoffs. The Celtics All-Star said it when Boston trailed Butler and the Heat 0-3 in the Eastern Conference Finals. The Celtics won three straight games, but Miami won Game 7 in Boston to reach the NBA Finals.
Butler sprained the MCL in his right knee during the Heat’s Play-In Tournament loss to the Philadelphia 76ers last week. Without him, his team suffered a 114-94 loss in Game 1 in Boston, but the Heat bounced back with an impressive shooting night on Wednesday. The Heat went 23-for-43 from 3-point range, registering the most 3-pointers in a postseason game in franchise history