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Miami, United States—The Miami Heat shrugged off the absence of star forward Jimmy Butler to crush the Chicago Bulls 112-91 in their play-in eliminator on Friday and earn a clash with the top-seeded Boston Celtics in the first round of the NBA playoffs.
The 34-year-old has led the Heat to two NBA Finals including last year’s run, which included an Eastern Conference Finals win over the Celtics. The Heat were also without point guard Terry Rozier, who remains out with a neck injury, but they stormed out in the first quarter putting up a 19-0 run ending the opening period 34-17 up.
“He impacts the game in so many different ways, sharing the ball, making the right plays for his team-mates and I tried to be as much as I could of Jimmy tonight, just trying to make the right play, give my guys shots and not force anything,” he said.
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