Jimmy Butler expected to miss extended time as Heat await results of MRI on knee
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“Honestly,” he said, “I thought the adrenaline would kick back in and I would be able to move, and it just wasn’t the case. I wasn’t able to do anything on either side of the ball, and I think I hurt us more than I helped us, honestly.”
No, he wasn’t the same.
“I mean, it felt like I couldn’t do too much, which sucks, with the timing of the game and everything,” he said. “But we had a little bit of a tweak and we’ll see what these tests go.
“I hope that I’m fine. Right now I can’t say that that’s the case.”
Teammates appreciated the perseverance.
“I’m sure the way he was limping and how he reacted to his fall that he was in pretty bad pain,” guard Tyler Herro said. “And he continued to play through it just to give his body to the team. Obviously we all know how much this year means to him and getting into the playoffs.”
Friday will decide if there is more time for Playoff Jimmy.
“It really stiffened up on him in the second half,” Spoelstra said of the knee. “He was able to still move a little bit in that second quarter after it. But then as that second half went on, it started to limit him a little bit more, just the movement. But we’ll see.”
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