The Miami Heat lost to the Utah Jazz 136-100 with Jimmy Butler serving the first game of his seven-game suspension.
For the 119th time since Jimmy Butler joined Miami, the Heat played a game without him. This was different from the others. And it went very — very — badly for Miami. Butler is gone, banished by the Heat for seven games over what they called conduct detrimental to the team — and he's probably not going to play for Miami again. His suspension started Saturday night when the Heat played the Utah Jazz, and the team says it will agree to his wishes and try to facilitate a trade.
Butler's locker is still the way he left it, shower shoes leaning against the drawer under the seat, a few items hanging on hooks and a few things taped to the wall. It will be cleaned out at some point, but he's still part of the team. For now, anyway. 'We're just going to focus on tonight,' Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said before the game. 'I want to quiet all the distractions. Enough has been said. We have clarity.
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