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Jimmy Butler Talked Spoelstra into Heat's Tying Play vs. Bucks: 'Let Me Be That Guy'

Jimmy Butler wanted the ball in his hands when the Miami Heat needed a bucket in the final seconds of regulation against the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.

Butler somehow converted an alley-oop from an inbound play to tie the game at 118-all.

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Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra explained he didn't initially plan for the six-time All-Star to take the final shot, but Butler insisted.

"He looked me dead in the eye and he just said, 'No. Let me be that guy,'" Spoelstra told reporters.