Heat again back to injury waiting game with Jimmy Butler, this time an ankle sprain

Heat again back to injury waiting game with Jimmy Butler, this time an ankle sprain

MINNEAPOLIS — Based on recent seasons, there seemingly was an inevitably of this moment, the Miami Heat dealing with injury uncertainty with Jimmy Butler. This time it is the right ankle that the veteran forward sprained in Friday night’s 135-122 loss to the Denver Nuggets, limiting him only to the game’s first 6:44 before he limped to the locker room, replaced by rookie Pelle Larsson. With Butler having missed 22 games last season and having ne…

Heat's Jimmy Butler exits game against Nuggets with ankle injury

Miami Heat fans collectively held their breaths when Jimmy Butler left the game against the Denver Nuggets on Friday after turning his ankle. The six-time All-Star suffered the injury midway through the first quarter when he tried to plant his right foot to change directions while being guarded by Jamal Murray. Butler immediately went down in pain before getting up and walking toward Miami’s locker room. The Heat later announced the forward wou…