For the 119th time since Jimmy Butler joined Miami, the Heat were set to play a game Saturday night without him. This is different from the others. Butler is gone, banished by the Heat for seven games over what they called conduct detrimental to the team — and he's probably not going to play for Miami again.

Friday night was not the end, even with Jimmy Butler’s seven-game unpaid Miami Heat suspension drawing to a close. Instead, based on Butler’s postgame comments, as the Heat turned from Friday night’s loss to the Denver Nuggets to Sunday’s visit by the San Antonio Spurs,

Jimmy Butler finished the win with just eight points, three rebounds, seven assists and two blocks while shooting 3/7 from the field and 0/1 from the three-point range in 28 minutes. Many people commented on his performance (via social media).