Jimmy Butler stats today: 'Playoff Jimmy' arrives in first half of Warriors' Play-In Tournament game vs. Grizzlies

A twelvemonth ago, Jimmy Butler insisted that "Playoff Jimmy" isn't a thing. But possibly "Play-In Jimmy" is.

Just 2 years removed from starring the Heat from the Play-In Tournament to the NBA Finals, Butler was backmost to his ways during the archetypal fractional of his postseason debut with the Warriors. The interaction helium made was astir immediate.

Butler's show was each the much awesome erstwhile considering helium was hobbled adjacent the extremity of Golden State's regular-season finale connected Sunday. He assured reporters helium would beryllium acceptable to spell for Tuesday's Play-In Tournament, and his show backed those words.

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Here's immoderate of the champion from conscionable the archetypal fractional of Butler's showing.

Jimmy Butler stats contiguous vs. Grizzlies

Butler truly didn't discarded overmuch clip successful the 7-vs-8 Play-In Tournament game. After Golden State fell into a speedy nine-point hole, Butler was the driving unit down his team's turnaround.

Here are his archetypal fractional numbers:

• 21 points
• 7-12 FG
• 2-3 3FG
• 5-8 FTs
• 4 rebounds
• 4 assists
• 1 steal

He scored 10 points (on 3-of-4 shooting), pulled down 2 rebounds and dished retired 2 assists successful the archetypal quarter. The Warriors went from down 9 aboriginal connected to up by six astatine the extremity of the archetypal frame.

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Butler did adjacent much of the aforesaid successful the 2nd quarter, bringing his first-half full to implicit 20 points good earlier the halftime buzzer sounded.

The six-time All-Star showed a antithetic level of assertiveness successful the mode helium looked for his spots and created for some himself and others. His finishes done interaction were peculiarly impactful arsenic they sent the Chase Center assemblage into a frenzy.

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Butler's occurrence ignited the Warriors, who doubled their first-quarter pb to instrumentality a 12-point vantage into the break.

If Butler and his squad tin clasp on, they'll caput to his hometown to look the 2-seed Rockets successful Game 1 of the NBA Playoffs connected Sunday, April 20.