Inside The Heat

Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler Ready To Go After Late Fall In Game 3 Against Milwaukee Bucks

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler left Saturday's game late in the fourth quarter with a "glute" injury

Shandel Richardson

In this story:

Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler is expected to play in Monday's Game 4 against the Milwaukee Bucks despite exiting Saturday's game after a hard foul. 

Butler did not play the final minutes of the Heat's 121-99 victory that put them ahead 2-1 in the best-of-7 series. He finished with a team-high 30 points. 

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said Butler was only taken out for precautionary reasons. The Heat were comfortably ahead when he left the game. 

"When he went back to the locker room, he said, `Hey, just give me a couple minutes. I'll be ready to go," Spoelstra said. "We pushed the lead to 20. I was going to insert him back into the game if it broke 15 but the second unit all night long gave us just a tremendous boost." 

The Heat have a chance to take control of the series Monday. The Bucks played the last two games without star Giannis Antetokounmpo because of a back injury but he is likely to return for Game 4. 

MORE HEAT-RELATED STORIES

Takeaways from the Miami Heat's Game 3 win against Bucks. CLICK HERE

Heat take a 2-1 series lead against Bucks. CLICK HERE

How Twitter reacted to Miami Heat's Game 3 win against Bucks. CLICK HERE

Heat vs. Bucks playoff schedule. CLICK HERE

For a look at some of the latest Heat apparel. CLICK HERE

If you wanna bet on any games at @PrizePicks or PrizePicks.com, use our link and code. They will match your first bet for up to $100. Here's the code: PR-R1YOFY6

Shandel Richardson covers the Miami Heat for Inside The Heat.

TWITTER: @ShandelRich

Follow all of our Miami Heat coverage on Facebook here

Subscribe to our YouTube channel here

For any Heat or NBA questions, please email shandelrich@gmail.com

Published
Shandel Richardson
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

Home/News