MIAMI (CBSMiami/AP) – Jimmy Butler doesn’t like being called a scorer, but after putting his foot on the gas this postseason, some may have something to say about that.
Butler is averaging nearly 30 points per game in this postseason, has reached the 40-point mark three times in his last 10 games after having zero such regular-season games since 2017, and carried the Miami Heat over the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals.
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But say “scorer” to him, and he will scoff in disdain.
“I’ve been a quote-unquote scorer at other points in my career, and it didn’t work out too well for me,” Butler said.