2023-05-30 04:25:00
Since last season, the NBA has awarded the best player in the Conference Finals with a trophy. But unlike last year, it wasn’t Jayson Tatum who hit the jackpot as his Celtics lost to the Heat in Game 7 tonight. Ladies and gentlemen, Jimmy Butler is the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals MVP.
24.7 points, 7.6 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 2.6 steals average over the series. 28 pawns, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals in Game 7 tonight in Boston.
Jimmy Butler didn’t steal his MVP title, even if for some Caleb Martin deserved more in view of his series as beautiful as it was unexpected and his magnificent performance this night. The result of the votes (5-4 for Jimmy) also proves that it was fun between the two but in the end, Butler is logically elected MVP, he who represents the leader of a group as much through his performance on the floor than in the numbers.
????️Take us there, 22. Lead us!
Congrats on winning the Larry Bird Eastern Conference Finals MVP, Jimmy! pic.twitter.com/kvYlG9ULln
— Miami HEAT (@MiamiHEAT) May 30, 2023
For the second time in four yearsJimmy Buckets is the number one reason why the Heat will have the honor of playing in the NBA Finals. He started his Playoffs on another planet by sending the best regular season team on vacation (hello the Bucks), he followed behind despite a painful ankle and now, when the NBA planet was expecting to see Boston achieve the first comeback in history after a 3-0 deficit, he lifts the Larry Bird Trophy on the floor of TD Garden with the opportunity to win his first championship ring.
“My teammates give me so much confidence to just play at a high level, I’m very grateful to have them, and they’re the reason we win games.”
Always the first to highlight his teammates, Jimmy Butler knows that he and his team have just achieved something big. This is only the second time in history that a #8 seed has reached the NBA Finals. But Jimmy doesn’t want to stop there, especially not. There’s the ultimate title to go for, and a Finals MVP at the same time.
Eastern Conference Finals MVP Jimmy Butler receives the Larry Bird Trophy ????#NBAFinals presented by @YouTubeTV begin Thursday, June 1st:
MIA/DEN Game 1 at 8:30 PM ET on ABC! pic.twitter.com/oZKoTTCZb4
— NBA (@NBA) May 30, 2023
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