Jimmy Butler
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Jimmy Butler said the Miami Heat are ready for their clash with the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference semifinals.

The star of the Heat does not care if his team is considered the underdog in the series.

“We don’t care who picks to lose in however many games. We’re going to go out there and compete, man. We know what we’re capable of. And at the end of the day, that’s all that matters, because we’re the ones that’s here.

We’re the ones that stuck in the hotel room. We’re the ones that’s out here practicing. We’re the ones that got to go out there and compete. So you pick and pretend you know what’s going to happen, but nobody does. We’re the ones that control that,” Butler said, via Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel.

Game 1 between the Bucks and the Heat will take place on Monday.