NBA playoffs 2023: The 'Playoff Jimmy' phenomenon is real and it's spectacular - ESPN

JIMMY BUTLER STARTED smirking before the question was even done being asked. He shook his head as he answered with a smile on his face.

After dropping a franchise playoff record 56 points to lead the 8-seed Miami Heat to a Game 4 win over the Milwaukee Bucks, the team with the best record in the NBA in the regular season, was Butler finally ready to admit that the «Playoff Jimmy» phenomenon was real?

«It's not a thing,» the 33-year-old Heat star insisted. «It's not. I just be hooping.»

Jimmy Butler's response to the nickname, 'Playoff Jimmy'