Desperate. Urgent. Maniacal. Psychotic. Incredible. Unique. World class.
Miami Heat head coach Erik Spoelstra has used an array of adjectives to describe Jimmy Butler over the course of his team’s remarkable postseason campaign.
On Tuesday [AEST], Spoelstra was once again plundering his vocabulary after Butler led Miami’s scoring in a do-or-die Game 7 blowout of the Boston Celtics to seal a place in the NBA Finals.
It was the latest in a lengthening list of towering performances from Butler, the 33-year-old forward who has invariably been the cornerstone of Miami’s odyssey through the playoffs.
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