Heat's Jimmy Butler leaves game with injury

“He is not gonna be back in this series,” Charania said. “This is a rehab that's gonna go at least one month. It's seriously remarkable to me that he played three quarters on this injury.” Butler's absence will be a hammer blow to the Heat's chances of overcoming the Celtics.

Jimmy Butler injured his right knee in Miami's Play-In loss to Philadelphia. Miami Heat guard Jimmy Butler will miss Friday's SoFi Play-In Tournament game against the Chicago Bulls with a sprained right MCL, the team announced Thursday. That kind of injury typically takes at least four weeks or more to heal.

"We throwing hands," Butler said to Oubre in a post from the Miami Heat's official Instagram account. There was clearly no malicious intent by Oubre on the play that led to Butler's injury, but the Heat star doesn't see it that way. Regardless, the 76ers won the game and clinched the No. 7 seed.