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It was not the revenge game Jimmy Butler wanted.
Making his return to Miami after five-and-a-half seasons with the Heat, Butler’s Golden State Warriors dropped their second consecutive game Tuesday night and third out of their last five, 112-86.
The game was so out of hand that Butler sat half of the fourth quarter, with Miami continuing to build on its lead.
“The main part about Jimmy’s return to Miami is that the Heat were ready,” Warriors coach Steve Kerr said after the game.
The Warriors were playing their second game without All-Star guard Stephen Curry, who is working his way back from a pelvic contusion.
Here’s everything you need to know about Butler’s return to Miami:
How many points did Jimmy Butler score vs. Miami Heat?
In what ended up being a frustrating, turnover-filled night for the Warriors, Butler finished with only 11 points on 5-of-12 shooting and added six rebounds and two assists.
Nine of Butler’s points came in the third quarter as Golden State was trying to make a run to narrow its deficit. Butler had just two points on 1-of-6 shooting in the first half, as each Warriors starter had accounted for just two points apiece headed into intermission.
For most of the game, as his defensive assignments, Butler drew Heat forward Bam Adebayo, the team’s premier defender, and Haywood Highsmith, a reserve forward also known to be a stopper.
Butler did make his first attempt of the game, getting to the lane and bodying Heat guard Tyler Herro before he laced a one-handed push shot. It was Golden State’s first points of the night and ended a 7-0 Miami run to start the game.
After the game, Butler was cordial and complimentary of his years with the Heat organization.
“It takes me back to some good times when I was wearing a Miami Heat jersey,” he said. “Very appreciative of those times. They helped me become the player I am in this league, the individual that I am in this league, teammate, leader, all of those things, and I don’t think I could be who I am today without my opportunity here.”
According to the TNT’s Taylor Rooks, however, Butler said before the game that “I have nothing to say to Pat, and Pat better have nothing to say to me” when Rooks asked what Butler would do if he ran into Heat president Pat Riley.
How did Miami Heat players welcome Jimmy Butler?
Butler did catch up with at least one of his former teammates prior to tip-off. At one point, TNT cameras showed Butler coming from behind to surprise Heat forward Kevin Love, before the pair shared a short conversation, laughing and smiling throughout.
Once the game ended, Butler greeted a couple of people sitting courtside near the Warriors bench, but went into the locker room without exchanging words with his previous teammates.
All-Star guard Tyler Herro, one of Butler’s Heat teammates for the entire time that Butler was in Miami, said that he did not have any pre- or post-game conversations with Butler.
“It was my first time playing him, but it was a normal game, it felt like,” Herro said.
The Heat shot a blistering 17-of-25 (68%) from 3-point range and played controlled defense, which coach Erik Spoelstra said was the result of his team’s attention to detail.
“You don’t want to become too emotional,” Spoelstra said after the game. “I did not feel like we were too hyped up at all. It was more laser focused on the competition and competing at a high level and playing well. That’s the fine line you always need to find in team sports.”
How did Miami Heat fans welcome Jimmy Butler?
Butler was introduced pre-game by public address announcer Michael Baiamonte in a cadence that was only slightly more subdued than the way he was introduced when he was a member of the Heat. Although there was a smattering of boos, Butler was received, for the most part, by adulating fans, many of whom gave Butler a standing ovation.
The Heat also played a short tribute video moments before Butler was introduced to the crowd at the Kaseya Center.
Once the game started, however, fans booed Butler every time he touched the ball.
What happened during Jimmy Butler’s time with the Miami Heat?
Because of his gritty play and clutch performances, Butler became a fan favorite over his five-and-a-half seasons in Miami. He was twice named an All-Star during that span and led Miami to a pair of NBA Finals appearances.
The relationship soured, however. The Heat suspended Butler several times this season for “multiple instances of conduct detrimental to the team.”
The Heat traded Butler Feb. 5 in a multi-team deal that brought back Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Anderson and draft picks to Miami.
Upon being traded to the Warriors, Butler inked a two-year, $121 million extension with the Warriors.

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1 hospitalized after boat collides with docked vessel in North Miami waterway, officials say

One person was transported to the hospital after a boat crash at North Miami Beach on Saturday evening, Miami-Dade Fire Rescue confirmed.
At about 8 pm. in the Eastern Shores community, near NE 17th Street and 35 Avenue, MDFR crews, including air rescue, responded to a report of a capsized vessel.
Video from a nearby home shows a small boat colliding with a docked vessel along a canal. The crash caused the boat to flip over, sending several people into the water, MDFR said.
Divers were deployed in the water, and officials said all individuals on board the capsized vessel were accounted for on Saturday.
One adult was transported by ground to a local hospital. The extent of their injuries has not been confirmed.
Authorities are still working to determine the cause of the crash, and no further details have been released.
This remains an active investigation.
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- The Miami Dolphins prioritized drafting tough, physical players in the NFL draft.
- The Dolphins’ first three draft picks, Kenneth Grant, Jonah Saviinaea, and Jordan Phillips, are known for their aggressive playing styles.
- Coach Mike McDaniel emphasized a “tonality of violence and aggression” as a key focus for the team.
MIAMI GARDENS — The moment that foreshadowed this Miami Dolphins NFL Draft came in the final days of a cold November, in a locker room in Green Bay Wisconsin.
“Soft,” Dolphins linebacker Jordyn Brooks said of his team’s performance.
It’s a coincidence that five months later the 2025 NFL Draft was held in Green Bay.
It’s no coincidence that the Dolphins drafted a handful of tough, physical, mean bruisers maulers and street-fighters.
“A tonality of violence and aggression,” Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said during this draft, adding that he and general manager Chris Grier spoke “at length” about addressing the issue.
No more soft guys.
The Dolphins have attacked the soft perception head-on over the past few days.
Miami’s first three picks weigh a collective 975 pounds.
Yes, first-round defensive tackle Kenneth Grant is a monster.
“On the field, it’s no friends, to be honest,” Grant said in Miami Gardens.
Yes, second-round guard Jonah Savaiinaea is a beast.
“Punch guys,” Saviinaea said from Hawaii.
Yes, fifth-defensive tackler Jordan Phillips is a scrapper.
“Grit and willingness,” said Phillips, who is from the Orlando area.
Massive men headed to Miami Gardens to play for Dolphins
There are plenty of problems the Dolphins have to work through before the 2025 season kicks off.
What will they get for Jalen Ramsey when they trade him, presumably as early as June 2? Perhaps Miami can secure a young cornerback; perhaps even a rookie.
Who exactly are Miami’s starting cornerbacks?
At the moment it would appear to be Cam Smith, Storm Duck and Kader Kohou, though clearly Grier will sign at least one veteran capable of starting.
This team seems stuck between trying-to-contend-in-the-AFC and a soft-reset and a hard-rebuild. I’m not entirely sure what it is.
It seems Grier and the Dolphins are trying to thread a needle.
The average age of their roster will be younger.
Miami’s projected offensive line (in some order) is currently aged 23-21-27-27-25.
This is a young man’s game. At times last season, Miami looked old.
Miami Dolphins wants to get younger, tweak culture in 2025
McDaniel is highly focused on delivering messages about positive culture change.
He’s got Ramsey on the move and Tyreek Hill causing off-field headaches again.
He’s going to try to establish some discipline and commitment early in the offseason.
“Non-negotiably we’re going to be one team moving in one direction,” McDaniel said, during the draft, “and we’re going to earn everything we get.”
Print the T-Shirts now. “One Team, One Direction.”
Or don’t. What matters more than the shirts is that the message sinks in.
Miami’s overall roster figures to be on-par or close to on-par in talent to the 2024 version. But last year’s team finished 8-9 and missed the playoffs.
Some things have had to change. And one is this issue about size, strength, toughness, aggression and violence.
What has to change is the on-field “tonality” as McDaniel said.
There is a perception that McDaniel operates a creative offense based in speed and misdirection. There are elements of truth in that.
Dolphins’ Mike McDaniel wants more on-field aggression and violence
But what McDaniel really wants is an offense primed by physicality and power run.
Miami added a running back, Ollie Gordon, in the sixth round.
We can’t say how good Gordon will be, but he fits the theme. And thus it is very, very easy to understand why he’s a player McDaniel and Grier specifically targeted.
“I’m a bruiser,” Gordon told reporters. “I’m going to run through you. I’m going to make you not want to tackle me.”
Yes. More of that. Change perceptions. Change the tone.
It’s a clear goal for the Dolphins in 2025.
Joe Schad is a journalist covering the Miami Dolphins and the NFL at The Palm Beach Post. You can reach him at jschad@pbpost.com and follow him on Instagram and on X @schadjoe. Sign up for Joe’s free weekly Dolphins Pulse Newsletter. Help support our work by subscribing today.
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