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Jimmy Butler-Grant Williams Incident Ignites Miami Heat In Game 2 Victory Against Boston Celtics

Jimmy Butler says Grant Williams trash-talk fueled him, the Miami Heat in fourth-quarter comeback

Shandel Richardson

Jimmy Butler-Grant Williams Incident Ignites Miami Heat In Game 2 Victory Against Boston Celtics
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The Miami Heat were headed toward a loss against the Boston Celtics in Game 2 in the Eastern Conference finals. 

And then Celtics forward Grant Williams helped awaken the Heat. After making a basket, Williams started jawing with Heat forward Jimmy Butler. It led to a 24-9 Heat run and resulted in a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series. 

"He hit a big shot," Butler said. "Started talking to me. I like that. I'm all for that. It makes me key in a lot more. It pushes that will to win that I have a lot more."

Butler said incidents as such often motivate him. This time, it ignited the entire team. 

"It makes me smile, it does," Butler said. "When people talk to me, I'm like, 'OK I know I'm a decent player if you want to talk to me out of everybody that you can talk to. It's just competition. I do respect him, though. He's a big part of what they try to do. He switches, he can shoot the ball. I just don't know if I'm the best person to talk to." 

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SHANDEL RICHARDSON

Shandel has covered the NBA since 2010, with previous stops at The Athletic and South Florida Sun-Sentinel.  He has covered six NBA Finals, one Super Bowl, the NCAA basketball tournament. He has also been a beat writer for the Miami Hurricanes and contributed on every major beat in South Florida since 2003, including the Miami Dolphins and Miami Marlins. He can also be read in the Sportsbook Review for gambling coverage from around the NBA. A native of Bloomington, Illinois, Shandel attended Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. He's also worked for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and Kansas City Star.  TWITTER: @ShandelRich EMAIL: shandelrich@gmail.com You can subscribe to our YouTube channel here Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

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