Miami Heat's Jimmy Butler might be out for long time due to MCL injury: Reports

Jimmy Butler injured his knee during Wednesday night's Play-In Tournament loss to the Philadelphia 76ers, 105-104. The experienced forward, who ended with 19 points, five assists, five steals, and four rebounds but shot only 5-of-18 from the field, informed reporters after the game that he will get an MRI on Thursday.Butler was limping heavily as he went off the floor at the Wells Fargo Centre, and his limp appeared to worsen as he exited the arena.

Butler suffered an injury late in the first quarter as he attempted to trick out Kelly Oubre Jr. on a bucket, but his knee buckled and he tumbled to the ground. Oubre appeared to target the Heat star, who led the team to the NBA Finals last season. For the Miami Heat Tyler Herro scored 25 points and nine assists and his teammate Jaime Jaquez coming off the bench got 15 points for the team.

According to AP News Jimmy Butler stated, “I fell, he landed and my knee just didn’t do well, I guess.” “I don’t know. It’s not a good feeling, I can tell you that.”

Adrenaline would kick back in - Jimmy Butler

However, Jimmy Butler scored 19 points and stayed in the game was not enough for the Miami Heat as Philadelphia won the game on Wednesday night. While on Miami Heat will play against the Chicago Bulls on Friday the winner of the match will get into the 8th seed in playoffs. 

In this season Jimmy Butler has played 60 games and has an average of 20.8 points scoring for the Miami Heat. Jimmy Butler stated that he stayed in the game because “adrenaline would kick back in” and he would be fit enough to play at a certain level. But he only had two points in the fourth quarter, when he collapsed on the floor.

Meanwhile, Jimmy Butler has not officially been declared out, but he has a short period to recover before Miami's next game.