NEW YORK -- Back when the New York Knicks and Miami Heat were meeting every year in the postseason, nobody had the kind of series Jimmy Butler just did.
Get as hot as he was against Milwaukee and a player was going to get clobbered.
They were foul-filled matchups at the end of the 1990s, better fit for brawlers than ballers, and beautiful to watch only for someone who loves ferocious competition like Knicks coach Tom Thibodeau.
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"And it was on every play," Thibodeau said.