ORLANDO, Fla. -- The sounds of Nickelback coming from the portable speaker in the side of the Miami Heat locker room were unmistakable. As the rest of his teammates and Heat staffers quietly showered, got dressed and picked over a postgame pizza spread following a 126-114 overtime loss to the Orlando Magic on Saturday, Jimmy Butler decided it was the the right time to pump up the volume on his stereo and blast the familiar sounds of Chad Kroeger's voice.
And Butler, who had just poured in a game-high 38 points in 39 minutes sang every word to each song.