Is Jimmy Butler playing tonight vs Brooklyn Nets? Latest injury update from Miami Heat (November 1)
After playing the first two games of the season, Jimmy Butler missed the team's game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 28. However, 'Jimmy Buckets' returned to the team when they battled the Milwaukee Bucks on October 30.
In Miami's loss over the Bucks, Butler had a subpar night doing only 13 points, four rebounds, four assists and one block. He also shot 4-of-11 from the field but sank all four free throws.
The team is about to go on the tail end of their back-to-back games against the Brooklyn Nets and Butler is listed as 'questionable' to play due to a knee injury.
Joining Jimmy Butler in the injury list is Caleb Martin who is marked as 'Out' while center Bam Adebayo is 'probably' with his recent hip injury.
Haywood Highsmith rounds up the injury list and he is expected to return to the team by mid-November.
Miami Heat enters 'important week' with Jimmy Butler on questionable day-to-day
The Miami Heat after winning their first three games of the season finds themselves down 1-3 after a three-game losing streak. This team has not won all the games they had on the road and hopes to turn things around when they host the Brooklyn Nets. This will be the first of their next three games to be played at home and Coach Erik Spoelstra sees this as a very important time to bounce back.
“This is an important week for us coming up at home,” Heat coach Erik Spoelstra in the post game press conference against the Milwaukee Bucks. “We have a lot of work to do. We’ve had a lot of moving parts early on in the season. That’s not an excuse. We need to just have a productive week. We have three games at home and we have some time with shootarounds, practices. We just need to move the needle this week.”
With all the injuries surrounding the team including Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler, the Heat's character will be tested this early in the season.
After the Heat's game against the Nets, the Washington Wizards and Los Angeles Lakers will be visiting them at the Kaseya Center in Miami, Florida.