This thing was meant to be an easy sweep for the Lakers, but Jimmy Butler had other ideas.
Butler submitted one of the greatest Finals performances in NBA history on Sunday night, dropping 40 points, 11 rebounds and 13 assists on 14-20 shooting as Miami stunned LA 115-104 without Bam Adebayo and Goran Dragic.
Here’s how the NBA world reacted:
Talk yo sh*t JIMMY!!!!
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) October 5, 2020
Ok Jimmy 😤
— Bradley Beal (@RealDealBeal23) October 5, 2020
Inspiring
— Joel “Troel” Embiid (@JoelEmbiid) October 5, 2020
They really tried to trick us into thinking that Jimmy wasn’t a guy that you want on your team if you wanna win 🤦🏽♂️.
— Rudy Gobert (@rudygobert27) October 5, 2020
Damn Jimmy really like that. I thought for sure a 🧹was coming. Bruh really went to work work
— CJ McCollum (@CJMcCollum) October 5, 2020
Jimmy a DOG!!!
— Donovan Mitchell (@spidadmitchell) October 5, 2020
I don’t wanna hear anymore Jimmy Butler slander.. that man is TOUGH
— Larry Nance Jr (@Larrydn22) October 5, 2020
👀
— Tyus Jones (@1Tyus) October 5, 2020
Jimmy Butler is the one person on this planet crazy enough to believe the Heat should have been favored to win this game. The actual crazy part about this is he was right.
— Rob Perez (@WorldWideWob) October 5, 2020
Man, Philly …
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) October 5, 2020
So let me tell you about the time the Miami Heat lost the first two games of the NBA Finals and a guy from Marquette …
— Tim Reynolds (@ByTimReynolds) October 5, 2020
Built Different… https://t.co/zu1ksWoJM5
— DWade (@DwyaneWade) October 5, 2020