DENVER—Gabe Vincent scored 23 points, Jimmy Butler and Bam Adebayo each had 21 and the Miami Heat evened up the NBA Finals by overcoming a monster effort from Nikola Jokic to beat the Denver Nuggets 111–108 in Game 2 on Sunday night, June 4. Jimmy Butler (22) of the Miami Heat defends against Nikola Jokic…

Jimmy Butler scored 28 points, Caleb Martin added 26 and the Miami Heat became the second No. 8 seed to reach the NBA Finals with a convincing 103–84 victory over the host Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals on Monday night, May 29. Butler was named MVP of the series after…

BOSTON—Jimmy Butler went forehead-to-forehead with the Boston Celtics, and the Heat are heading back to Miami with an opportunity to advance to the NBA Finals. Butler scored 27 points, hitting back-to-back buckets to tie the game and give Miami the lead, and the eighth-seeded Heat left Boston with a 111–105 victory Friday night and a…

Jimmy Butler, returning from an injury absence, scored 28 points to lead the host Miami Heat to a 105–86 win over the New York Knicks in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Miami leads the series 2-1. The Heat will host Game 4 on Monday night. Knicks sixth man Immanuel Quickley left the…

MIAMI—Jimmy Butler is different. Some players hit beaches over All-Star break; Butler went to Argentina to watch tennis and learn about coffee. Some players rest with one day off between games; Butler spent 10 hours flying round-trip to be at Pau Gasol’s Los Angeles Lakers jersey retirement one night and back in Miami for shootaround…