Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Out Tonight Against New York Knicks In Game 2

Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler will not play tonight against New York Knicks in Game 2

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler will not play because of ankle soreness tonight against the New York Knicks in Game 2. 

Here's the game preview:

Game time: 7:30 p.m., ET

Where: Madison Square Garden

TV: TNT

Betting line: Heat +4

VITALS: The Miami Heat and Knicks met four times this regular season with New York winning the season series 3-1, with each game decided by single digits. Miami is 65-69 all-time versus the Knicks during the regular season, including 36-30 in home games and 29-39 in road games. The teams enter this postseason having faced each other five times in the playoffs, including three times in the First Round (1998, 1999, 2012) and twice in the Semifinals (1997, 2000). Additionally, the current postseason series marks as just the third time in NBA postseason history both teams are seeded five and below, joining only the 1994 series between the Jazz (5th seed) vs. Nuggets (8th seed) and the 1987 series between the Rockets (6th seed) vs. the SuperSonics (7th seed). ... For the Heat, Bam Adebayo (hamstring), Jimmy Butler (ankle) and Haywood Highsmith Victor Oladipo (knee) and Tyler Herro (hand) are out. For the Knicks, Jalen Brunson (knee) and Julius Randle (ankle) are questionable

PROJECTED STARTERS

HEAT

G Max Strus

G Gabe Vincent

C Bam Adebayo

F Kevin Love

F Jimmy Butler

KNICKS

F Julius Randle

F RJ Barrett

C Mitchell Robinson

G Jalen Brunson

G Josh Hart

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