Jimmy Butler's bet on the Miami Heat has paid off handsomely

Jimmy Butler has found a home in Miami, where the team's toughness and commitment to pursuing championships has given him the deepest playoff run of his career.

Two months ago his words sounded crazy to anyone outside of the Miami Heat ecosystem. Butler was just being, well... Butler, when he talked about the Miami Heat's mission in the NBA bubble.

He told anyone willing to listen that they were coming north to win it all, not just to deliver a good showing and exit this unprecedented situation with any moral victories.

That is not the Heat way. Who cares that the roster did not scream "championship", with its mix of seasoned veterans and promising youngsters. Butler saw something in the Heat organisation, and the building blocks of this team in particular, when he spurned other recruiting pitches last summer and zeroed in on the hard-hat culture of the championship organisation Pat Riley built and Erik Spoelstra currently commands.

They are halfway to a fourth title now, and halfway to Butler's stated goal, with Tuesday night's 103-94 win over the No 1 overall seed Milwaukee Bucks in Game 5 at HP FieldHouse. เท็กซัส โฮลเอ็ม

Butler is not surprised things have come together so quickly.

"Not at all," said Butler, who led a balanced effort with 17 points, 10 rebounds and six assists. "We are a close group, we like being around one another. We are constantly talking about how we can make each other better. What we see out there on the floor, we are legit in it to win it. We don't care about stats, we don't care about fame. We don't care about none of that.

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