Jimmy Butler was the hero at TD Garden on Friday night, sinking multiple tough baskets in the fourth quarter en route to another scrappy Miami victory — and a crushing home defeat for the Celtics.
As Butler goes, so goes a Heat team looking to become the second eighth-seeded squad to punch its ticket to the NBA Finals.
But it was a telling sight in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals that the true dagger delivered by Miami didn’t come from its franchise star.
Nor did it come from the Heat’s established second option in Bam Adebayo.