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Jimmy Butler's Current Status For Warriors-Heat Game

Jimmy Butler is on the injury report for Tuesday's game.

Ben Stinar

Cleveland Cavaliers v Miami Heat
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UPDATE: Jimmy Butler has been ruled out.

On Tuesday evening, the Miami Heat will host Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors in Florida.

For the game, Jimmy Butler is on the injury report, but he is listed as probable, so he should be available.

Via Will Guillory of The Athletic "Jimmy Butler missed shootaround this morning with a non-COVID illness, per the Heat.

He will be probable for tonight's game vs Golden State."

Butler is having another extremely productive season with averages of 21.4 points, 5.4 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 1.4 steals per contest while shooting 50.1% from the field and 41.5% from the three-point range in 50 games.

The Heat enter the evening as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference with a 39-32 record in 71 games.

Jimmy Butler
Cleveland Cavaliers v Miami Heat / Rich Storry/GettyImages

They have gone 4-6 over their last ten games and are also coming off a 121-84 victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Butler had 15 points, three rebounds, six assists and one steal while shooting 3/6 from the field and 1/2 from the three-point range in only 24 minutes of playing time.

Following the Warriors, the Heat will play their next game on Friday evening when they host the Portland Trail Blazers in Miami.

As for Golden State, they are the tenth seed in the Western Conference with a 36-34 record in 70 games.

They have gone 4-6 over their last ten games and are in the middle of a two-game losing streak.

Following Miami, the Warriors will visit the Orlando Magic on Wednesday evening (also in Florida).

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Ben Stinar is the NBA reporter for Fastbreak on FanNation.

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