The Miami Heat came away with the Game 1 victory over the New York Knicks in their Eastern Conference semifinal matchup, but it didn’t come without a big scare for their star that got them there in the first place.
Jimmy Butler’s 98 points in the final two games of the first-round series against the Milwaukee Bucks led the Heat to a shocking upset over the NBA’s best team in the regular season.
Butler had 25 points to kick off this series, but with five minutes remaining in the game, he collided with Knicks guard Josh Hart on a drive to the basket that resulted in a rolled ankle that had him in a load of pa...