5:39pm: Butler is considered day-to-day, according to Dave McMenamin of ESPN and Marc J. Spears of Andscape, who hear from a team source that the swingman felt soreness in his knee when he woke up on Tuesday.
Anthony Chiang of the Miami Herald reports that there is no testing scheduled for Butler’s knee. Chiang adds that Oladipo is set to start in Butler’s stead tonight against Atlanta.
2:58pm: Already missing Kyle Lowry for Game 5 of their series vs. the Hawks on Tuesday, the Heat have announced (via Twitter) that they’ll also be without their other six-time All-Star, Jimmy Butler.
Butler, who hadn’t previously been listed on the injury report, has been ruled out due to right knee inflammation.
Butler has been the Heat’s best player through the first four games of the playoffs, averaging 30.5 PPG, 7.8 RPG, 5.3 APG, and 2.8 SPG on .543/.438/.794 shooting in 37.3 minutes per contest.
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