Jimmy Butler provides sweet answer when asked about plans before second round

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Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler may be a killer on the basketball court, but the six-time All-Star is simply a father wanting to spend time with his daughter off the court. 

Following Miami’s shocking Game 5 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, which advanced the Heat to the second round of the NBA Playoffs, Butler was asked about his plans in between series. 

Jimmy Butler, #22 of the Miami Heat, celebrates a play during Round One Game Five of the 2023 NBA Playoffs on April 26, 2023 at the Fiserv Forum Center in Milwaukee. (Gary Dineen/NBAE via Getty Images)

"I’m going to play with my daughter, man," Butler said postgame. "I love her to death. I miss her. I’ve been away for a very long time. We’re going to get ice cream, we’re going to the park, we’re doing a lot of different stuff." 

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Butler has earned himself some time away after the series he had against the Bucks. 

Milwaukee was expected to quickly dispatch the Heat after Miami needed a win against the Chicago Bulls in the NBA’s play-in tournament in order to make the playoffs. 

The Bucks won 58 regular season games and earned the one-seed in the Eastern Conference playoffs. 

Jimmy Butler, #22 of the Miami Heat, shoots over Bobby Portis, #9 of the Milwaukee Bucks, during the first half of Game 5 of the Eastern Conference First Round Playoffs at Fiserv Forum on April 26, 2023 in Milwaukee. (Stacy Revere/Getty Images)

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However, it was Butler and the hot three-point shooting of his Miami teammates that sent Milwaukee home early, becoming just