Jimmy Butler Made a Very Confident Prediction after Heat’s Game 5 Loss to Celtics

The Miami star still appears confident his team will beat Boston in the NBA Eastern Conference finals.

Andy Nesbitt | May 26, 2023

Jimmy Butler Made a Very Confident Prediction after Heat’s Game 5 Loss to Celtics /

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Jimmy Butler and the Heat failed again to close out the Eastern Conference finals against the Celtics on Thursday night, losing Game 5, 110-97, in Boston.

The Heat still lead the series, 3-2, and only need a win at home on Saturday to advance to the NBA Finals. But their losses in the past two games have allowed the moment to shift in a big way over to the Celtics, who are looking to become the first team in NBA history to come back from a 3-0 playoff deficit.

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Butler, who had just 14 points in Game 5, had a positive message after the loss and also made a very confident prediction about how things will play out at home on Saturday night:

Get your popcorn ready. Saturday’s Game 6 is going to be tremendous TV.

Published May 26, 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.