Jimmy Butler Reacts To Nuggets/Heat Game 2 | 2023 NBA Finals

Jimmy, we're going to start on the left side in first row. Jimmy, good night. Congratulations. We are from TYC Sport from Argentina. You know that we are, well, you see the national team. I know that you like our country. It's the Messi team, the Messi jersey. Maybe for you next time when you want. Maybe, can you say something for the Latin American people that is with the Miami Heat now? Yeah, we love all of our fans, especially Argentina. You got some great basketball players coming out of there. I love the country as a whole. I love football. It's probably my favorite sport. But like I said, we take our fans if we can get them over here in Miami, and we got a lot of love for everybody that supports us around the world. We're going to go to the first row in the center. Joe Varn, The Athletic. Hey, Jimmy. Can you take us through the last possession that Denver had and what you saw in Jamal's last shot? I think he got off a decently good look. Kind of like a high pick and roll isolation, and I just contested it. Pretty glad that he missed it to give us a 1-1 series tie going back to Miami. We're going to go left side in the back of the room. The Nick. Jimmy, Nick Friedel, ESPN. You played on a lot of mentally tough teams over the course of your career. What is it about this specific team that makes them so resilient, especially in this run that you guys are on? I just think nobody cares on our team. We're not worried about what anybody thinks. We're so focused in on what we do well and who we are as a group that at the end of the day, that's what we fall back on. Make or miss shots, we're going to be who we are because we're not worried about anybody else. It's how it's been all year long, and that's not going to change. That's what I think it is. I think it's that I don't give a damn factor. First row in the center. Jimmy, Wes Goldberg, Bachmann Network. It's not often that Jokic has more turnovers and assists. What was the key defensively for you guys? What do you think bothered him? Some ball pressure, getting back, getting our hands on loose balls, and just challenging every pass, every shot. He's a hell of a player. He passes the ball so incredibly well. Obviously, he can score the ball like he did tonight, but when we get the opportunity to turn the ball over and get out into the open floor, I feel as though we have to do that. We did a decent job of that tonight. We're going to go to the left side fifth row on the end. Jimmy, Vince Goodwill, Yahoo Sports. You guys got off to a really good start in contrast to game one, but they come and blitz you and go up 15. What's the feeling like during those timeouts when Denver is hitting shots and it feels like the game is slipping away early? That's just part of the game. There's a lot of teams in this league. It's definitely them. They got some big time shot makers, but like I said, we're going to stay with it. We know who we are. We know what we're capable of. Get some stops. We can make some shots as well, and got the opportunity to turn the game around and get one on the road. We'll go to the right side fifth row. Kim Reynolds, Associated Press. Jimmy, I think you guys, I might be off by one, but I think you guys scored on like 15 of 19 possessions in the fourth. The Nuggets don't blow fourth quarter leads in this building. They hadn't won a double digit lead in this building all playoffs. What was the secret sauce down the stretch for you guys on the offensive end? I know it's about defense mostly, but what was it on the offensive end that worked late? I don't think there's a pass the ball to the open guy and play some simple basketball a lot like they do as well. We made shots. That's what this league is. That's what this game is. Make or miss game. Make or miss league. We made some shots. They did it. Left side third row. Jimmy Butler, Ethan Skolnick, Five Reasons Sports. Gabe has made a lot of big shots over the past couple of years and run the offense here. How do you know when a guy can handle that kind of pressure when it's a teammate? Is it something you can see in practice? You have to see it in big games? I see it every day. We talk about it, so I know how comfortable he is. I know the level of confidence that we have in him that he has in himself to go out there and run the offense at any point in time, first through fourth quarter, maybe even overtime. We live with the decisions and the shots that he makes and takes. He's our star in PG for a reason. Last question on the right side, first row. Jimmy Ronendo, Pen Israel Today. Three years ago, it seemed like maybe it's unfair that it took you three games to get into the series. Is it anything conscious that you changed coming into this one? Any lesson you learned? Nope. Keep playing basketball as hard as I can, making plays for others, score whenever I get the opportunity to do so, and through all else, just find a way to win. I think we did that tonight as a group, and we'll continue to do that as a group. Thank you, Jimmy. All right, all right.