Jimmy Butler’s Answer About His Daughter, Ice Cream After Beating Bucks Was So Good

Hard not to love this.

Andy Nesbitt | Apr 27, 2023

Jimmy Butler’s Answer About His Daughter, Ice Cream After Beating Bucks Was So Good /

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Jimmy Butler and the Heat are moving on to the second round of the NBA playoffs after beating the Bucks 4–1 in their first-round series, which ended in dramatic fashion Wednesday after Butler sent the game to overtime with one of the greatest buzzer-beaters of all time.

Butler is back to being a force in the playoffs for the Heat. He had 56 points in Miami’s Game 4 win and 42 in Game 5, including that buzzer-beater that should be in NBA highlight videos for the rest of time.

Moments after torching Milwaukee, Butler gave a great answer about how he wants to spend some of his time before Miami’s series with the Knicks begins:

Hard not to love that.

Published Apr 27, 2023

ANDY NESBITT

Andy Nesbitt is the assistant managing editor of audience engagement at Sports Illustrated. He works closely with the Breaking and Trending News team to shape SI’s daily coverage across all sports. A 20-year veteran of the sports media business, he has worked for Fox Sports, For the Win, The Boston Globe and NBC Sports, having joined SI in February 2023. Nesbitt is a golf fanatic who desperately wants to see the Super Bowl played on a Saturday night.