NBA: Heat teammates expect Jimmy Butler back Saturday for Game 3

Teammates are counting on Jimmy Butler to play in Game 3 after sitting out the Miami Heat loss at Madison Square Garden earlier this week. Butler was idle for Game 2 on Tuesday, the Heat lost to the New York Knicks and the Eastern Conference best-of-seven semifinals series is tied 1-1. A healthy Butler put up 25 points before exiting Game 1 with a sprained right ankle. But the schedule irregularity granting Butler five days since he last suited up feeds the Heat belief that he will be back Saturday in Miami. "I know where his heart is. I know what he wants to do. This isn't a decision between he and I," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said of sitting the 33-year-old Butler for Gam...Keep on reading: NBA: Heat teammates expect Jimmy Butler back Saturday for Game 3

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