Playoff Jimmy is now MVP Jimmy.
Following the Miami Heat's win over the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals at TD Garden on Monday night, Butler was named the series MVP and earned himself the Larry Bird Trophy.
NBA Communications @NBAPRButler received five of the nine votes from a media panel covering the Eastern Conference Finals. <br><br>The voting results u2b07ufe0f <a href="https://t.co/78bBxho5Yh">pic.twitter.com/78bBxho5Yh</a>
It was an up-and-down series from Butler as the Heat nearly blew a 3-0 series lead. But he came up huge in the closeout game on the road as he dropped a game-high 28 points to go along with seven rebounds, six assists and three steals.