“Jimmy Butler: Sixth Leading Scorer in NBA’s Postseason, Miami Heat’s Key Player for Revenge Against Boston Celtics”

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Jimmy Butler he is unstoppable in this postseason. The eaves of the Miami Heat morphs into the Playoffs and, with an incredible performance in Game 1 that drew the admiration of NBA stars, has his team above the Boston Celtics 1-0 in the Eastern Conference finals.

The former Chicago Bulls, Minnesota Timberwolves and Philadelphia 76ers player averages 31.5 points per game throughout this postseason on an efficient 52% shooting from the field. Not satisfied with that, he manages to reach the free throw line with great ease and is the player with the most free throws attempted (111) and baskets (89) so far in the Playoffs. Plus, he leads all players this postseason in total steals with 23.

Miami has reached at least as far as the conference finals in three of Jimmy Butler’s four seasons with the team. and they are looking for revenge after the Celtics eliminated them in this same instance last season.

Jimmy Butler, in the footsteps of Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

If Butler scores 40 or more points tonight, he will match the mark of the second-leading scorer in league history, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, of nine postseason games with 40 career points and will rank twelfth in NBA history for the most games of this type. It should be noted that the Heat star has played 108 Playoff games in his career and Abdul-Jabbar played 237.

Butler is already, along with Luka Dončić, the player with the most postseason games with at least 40 points in the last four years. At eight, they are followed by Devin Booker and Giannis Antetokounmpo with seven and Jamal Murray with five.