Ahead of the Miami Heat’s first game against the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals, Jimmy Butler acknowledged on Wednesday that an ankle injury he suffered in the playoffs has affected him physically.
“I’m still expected to do my job at a high level if I take the floor, which I will,” Butler said ahead of Thursday night’s Game 1. “We’re going to be OK. We’re going to get the job done, bum ankle or not.”
Butler turned his right ankle in Game 1 of Miami’s second-round series against the New York Knicks, an injury that forced him to miss Game 2 of that series.