May 29, 2022; Miami, Florida, USA; Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler (22) drives to the basket against Boston Celtics guard Derrick White (9) during the first half of game seven of the 2022 eastern conference finals at FTX Arena. Jim Rassol-USA TODAY Sports

Watch: Jimmy Butler keeps Miami Heat in game with big second quarter

Originally posted on Sportsnaut | By Vincent Frank | Last updated 5/29/22

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat struggled big time out of the gate in Game 7 of their Eastern Conference Finals series against the Boston Celtics Sunday evening.

Miami found itself down 32-17 after the first quarter. Butler and Bam Adebayo combined to score 12 points in the first 12 minutes with the rest of the Heat roster shooting 1-of-10 from the field.

With this looking like a potential blowout, Butler came to play big time in the second quarter. He scored 18 points and made all five of his field goal attempts.

Jimmy is giving it ALL he's got in Game 7

24 points in the first half
18 points (5-for-5 FGM in Q2)

2nd Half of Game 7 coming up NEXT on ESPN pic.twitter.com/RpA7mIEjIf
— NBA (@NBA) May 30, 2022

This came after Butler scored 47 points in a thrilling Game 6 win over the Celtics in Boston Friday evening. He’s now on pace to drop his fifth 40-point game of the playoffs.

All of this led to Miami finding itself down by a mere six points heading into halftime.

The winner of this game will take on the Golden State Warriors in the NBA Finals starting Thursday evening in San Francisco.

This article first appeared on Sportsnaut and was syndicated with permission.

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