Tennis star Coco Gauff says Jimmy Butler offered her NBA Finals tickets before playoffs tipped off

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The world's No. 6-ranked women's tennis player, Coco Gauff, is in Paris competing in the French Open in search of her first career Grand Slam championship

When she is not traveling, she makes her home in South Florida, home to her favorite NBA team, the Miami Heat. 

On Monday, the Heat defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference finals to punch their ticket to the NBA Finals.

During a media session Tuesday at Roland Garros, Guaff revealed that, during the regular season, Heat star Jimmy Butler extended an invitation to her to watch the Heat play in the Finals.

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Coco Gauff meets Jimmy Butler of the Miami Heat after defeating Rebecca Marino of Canada in her second-round match at the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium March 23, 2023, in Miami Gardens, Fla. (Robert Prange/Getty Images)

Gauff noted that she informed Butler she would be busy with tennis during the majority of the NBA playoffs.

"I said, ‘I won’t be here,'" Gauff said of her response to Butler. "'I'll be in Madrid and then Rome and then France.' And then he said, ‘OK, when we make the Finals, let me know if your family wants some tickets.’ So this was before we were even in the playoffs."

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Per Gauff's timeline, Butler promised Finals tickets in April, which is before the Heat had secured a spot in the postseason.

"I was like, ‘Oh, we’re going. We’re going to the Finals,’" Gauff continued. "So that’s my ‘Jimmy Butler story.' He pretty much said we were going to the Finals before we even qualified