Hinting Return From Injury, Jimmy Butler Fires Shots at Celtics Again After Infamous Jaylen Brown Taunt

After a miraculous performance in Boston on Wednesday, and leveling the series at 1-1 in Game 2, the Miami Heat are back at the Kaseya Center tonight for Game 3. Although their superstar Jimmy Butler is on the sidelines, yet again, because of an MCL injury, he came into the arena to support his teammates as they fight to take a 2-1 lead over the top-seeded team. However, the injury did not stop Butler from throwing shade at the Celtics for the second time this week while hinting at a possible return to the lineup.

In an interview with TNT’s Chris Haynes, dawning a new avatar with two ponytails, Butler revealed how eager he was to get back on the court. “I don’t know about the timeline, but we’ve been working. I wanna hoop, I wanna get out here, I want some of this.” Just seconds later, Jimmy also fired shots at Jaylen Brown and his team again, “If I gotta hear one more praise about Boston on national TV when we win a game, I’m tired of hearing that, man.”

How can fans not love the competitive spirit of Jimmy Butler and what he brings to the table? Just three days ago, after the Heat beat the Celtics in Boston, Butler taunted Jaylen Brown by posting a picture of his face photoshopped on Brown’s with his last year’s words, “Don’t let us get one.” Brown had said it after the Celtics went down 0-3 against Miami in the 2023 playoffs. Hilariously, Butler captioned the post, “Feeling cute, might delete later. sikeeeee I ain’t deleting s***.”

And with his comments tonight, it looks like Butler wants to get under the Celtics players’ skin in any way possible.

Jaylen Brown and Co. get the last laugh against Jimmy Butler

“It’s 1-1. We’re gonna go 2-1.” A confident Jimmy Butler guaranteed the Heat winning at home tonight and taking a lead against Boston. But that’s not how things eventually played out on the court because after losing by ten points at home on Wednesday, the Celtics came out with a sense of urgency and desperation tonight in Miami. Not giving a Jimmy Butler-less Miami Heat any chance to respond, Jayson Tatum and Co. took an early lead in Game 3, outscoring the Heat 21-12 in the first quarter. And their dominance continued all night.

Scoring a whopping 42 points in the second quarter, the Celtics basically guaranteed their victory at halftime. After that, the second half was merely a formality for both teams as the game finished with the Celtics winning by twenty points at 104-84.

Boston’s superstar duo, Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown scored 22 points each in the game, leading their team to victory. Meanwhile, only Bam Adebayo from the Heat crossed the twenty-point mark from his team. Maybe Jimmy Butler spoke too early and motivated the Celtics even more with his trash talk. With Boston now leading the series by 2-1, both teams will meet again on Monday for Game 4. Which team do you think will come out on top?