Jimmy Butler was so confident the Heat would be playing in the NBA Finals, he offered Coco Gauff tickets to the championship round before the postseason even started.
"I was like, ‘Oh, we’re going. We’re going to the Finals,’" Gauff continued."So that’s my ‘Jimmy Butler story.' He pretty much said we were going to the Finals before we even qualified for the playoffs, and I just really like that mentality."
Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat dribbles during the third quarter against the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals at TD Garden May 29, 2023, Boston. Miami entered last season's playoffs as the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference. But the team finished with a 44-38 record this season and lost its first play-in game to the Atlanta Hawks. After the Heat defeated the Chicago Bulls in its next play-in tournament matchup, it entered this year's postseason as the eighth seed.
Since then, the Heat have knocked No. 1 seed Bucks, the No. 5 seed Knicks and the No. 2 seed Celtics out of the playoffs. The Heat now play theMiami Heat forward Jimmy Butler dunks against Boston Celtics guard Jaylen Brown during the fourth quarter of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals of the 2023 NBA playoffs at TD Garden.Although Butler and the Heat have now officially qualified for the Finals, it still remains unclear if Guaff will be able to catch a game.
If Gauff advances to the French Open final, she would take center court June 10. The Heat are scheduled to host Game 4 June 9.
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