The Miami Heat made a statement and showed the rest of the NBA that they are a threat again. They defeated the best team in the NBA right now, the Utah Jazz 124-116. The Heat improves to 16-17 on the season, 9-7 at home. Jimmy Butler has been playing like a man on a man on a mission lately. He scored 33 points, grabbed 10 rebounds, and dished out 8 assists. Butler reflected on the Heat victory after the game.
Jimmy Butler was very good tonight.
Statline Shoutout // @GEICO pic.twitter.com/hmf5mjfSIz
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) February 27, 2021
OUR CLOSER 😤 pic.twitter.com/CWWLGZ7WlT
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) February 27, 2021
“I don’t want to say that we’re good yet,” Butler said. “I think we’ve got so much more to figure out. We’ve got so much more that we can be better at. Myself, anybody, I don’t want us to get complacent and think that we’re cool, we’re good. Nah, that’s not the case. We’ve got a long way to go.”
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Miami also got good games from other players as well. Bam Adebayo scored 19 points, grabbed 11 rebounds, and dished out 7 assists. Duncan Robinson scored 15 points while knocking down 4 three-point baskets. Goran Dragic was huge off of the bench dropping 26 points.
It took a Bam packed stat line 💥
19 Pts / 11 Rebs / 7 Asts / 1 Blk / 1 Stl pic.twitter.com/S1HI2GWf91
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) February 27, 2021
The Heat plays their next game Sunday, 2/28/21 against the Atlanta Hawks. The game is at home at American Airlines Arena in Miami. Tip-off is 7:00pm.
all the feels
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) February 27, 2021
"Bam just go order the pizza" 😂
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— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) February 27, 2021