The Miami Heat holds a 2-1 lead in the Eastern Conference finals against Boston. What has been taking place with Jimmy Butler and the Heat inside the Orlando bubble since the playoffs started has been several things for the NBA’s lost legion of followers in Minnesota.
Fascinating. Hysterical. Enlightening.
Fascinating as Butler is smothered in praise for hard-nosed leadership of the underdog Heat — making game-winning plays whether he’s scoring 30-plus, or 14, as when Miami came back from 13 down at halftime to win 106-101 on Thursday.
Eric Spoelstra, Miami’s tremendous coach, said before the Eastern finals started: “It’s an intensity level that he brings which is uncommon.