This clip forgot to include when Butler was gassed at the end. He really did will himself to win.
Crazy performance by him. Heat probably win if bam and dragic healthy. Losing those 2 and then Jimmy carrying with legit randoms was insane. To be starting duncan and herro at this time was wild. No one knew em
hell i think we win if even one of them was healthy
this was one of those games where you realize you’re watching a guy play pretty much PERFECT basketball. It was so cool.
Still one of the greatest playoff performances I’ve ever seen.
I was like wait, did it magically turn into June?
The ridiculous shot-making in this game was so much fun to watch. Great on a rewatch too
Morris defense was assssss
Still crazy to think there was a finals game in October
I miss playoff jimmy man
His 2023 playoff run was so fun to watch. That was the most fun I’ve had watching a player and a team as a neutral.
Yea. He was somehow even better in 2023…until the ankle blew up.
Me and my roommate were new to watching bball, though I’d paid attention as a kid to Kobe and Shaq because duh. We were like “this Jimmy fella is a scrub” after the play-ins. My roommates brother was lost for words and called us idiots for the rest of the week.
Then the 56 pt game happened and we were like “okay, maybe he’s good.”
He’ll always have the respect of his peers and that’s all that really matters, but I want him to get a ring so bad to make all the fans stfu. He’s one the greatest playoff players in history and still consistently gets overlooked
That was 4 years ago? Sure doesn’t feel that long ago.
this and 2023 were my least favorite finals we’ve had so far this decade, there wasn’t a second when i thought the heat would ever win either of those series. but good for jimmy.
I hate how much I enjoy watching Jimmy play.
Ran into him a few times when he lived in Chicago and I worked in the service industry, dude’s so infuriating to deal with but boy can he ballCare to elaborate?
I don’t think he was the worst celebrity/athlete/politician that I witnessed/served by any means. His entourage was somewhat inconsiderate of the people around them. He definitely treated male staff differently than the women, a touch of “mightier than thou” and for me, I can’t stand when you’re trying to help someone and they won’t even look at you
What a fucking wild time to be alive
This playoffs into the 21 season was definitely the peak of my basketball consumption. Probably watched 80-90% of the games some weeks during online classes