Jimmy Butler was telling the world the Miami Warmth had been going to win the championship this season even after a 2-5 begin. The Warmth by no means actually discovered their rhythm throughout the common season, and needed to win an elimination recreation within the play-in event simply to qualify for the NBA Playoffs as a No. 8 seed. In some way, the Warmth have reworked right into a monster this postseason with Butler as their chief, and now they’re just one win away from sweeping the Boston Celtics and advancing to the NBA Finals.

The Warmth beat the Celtics, 128-102, on Sunday in Recreation 3 of the Japanese Convention Finals to take a 3-0 sequence lead. Butler completed with a modest (by his playoff requirements) line of 16 factors, eight rebounds, and 6 assists, however he once more managed the sport at each ends and captained one other Miami upset.

Butler has been speaking trash to the Celtics all sequence, and it continued in Recreation 3 with a hilarious callback to Recreation 1. After one other Warmth bucket to maintain the rout coming, Butler emphatically known as timeout for the Celtics. Watch the video right here.

Chances are you’ll do not forget that Boston large man Al Horford known as timeout for the Warmth after he hit an enormous shot in Recreation 1. Solely drawback: Horford pulled that transfer within the second quarter, and Miami went on to win the sport. Now the Celtics’ season might be over in embarrassing trend in the event that they drop Recreation 4 to the Warmth on Tuesday.

Butler has been the perfect participant on the ground once more throughout this season, and he has a case of being the perfect participant within the playoffs to date this yr alongside Nikola Jokic. It’s not sufficient for Butler simply to dominate Boston — he has to speak trash, too. His timeout gesture is one other iconic second for his playoff lore.

Boston simply can’t reply their Jimmy Butler drawback. The Celtics’ season is about to be over due to it.