It only took 12 regular-season games for Playoff Jimmy to show up in Miami.
Butler scored 36 points as he led the Miami Heat to a 122-115 Thursday night win over Mikal Bridges and the Brooklyn Nets.
Butler recorded his season-high points total on 12-of-19 shooting. Bridges led the Nets with 23 points in the loss.
The victory marked Miami's seventh straight win, which started to feel inevitable as the Heat surged out to a double-digit lead in the third quarter.
That was in large part thanks to an 18-point quarter from Butler, which included a run of 10 straight.