Here are the takeaways as Jimmy Butler and the Heat willed their way to a Game 7 at home by beating the Celtics 111-103 in Game 6 on Friday.
1. First and foremost: Stop counting Jimmy Butler out.
Seriously, it’s a bad idea. After Game 6, Butler told the ESPN broadcast — in a calm, collected voice — that he didn’t hear the narrative. He claimed he didn’t know that people had counted the Heat out and that the only people he listens to are people in the organization.
Butler is just different enough to make you wonder if he’s telling the truth, but of course, he isn’t.