Jimmy Butler leaves game with foot injury

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
End of third quarter: Heat 88, Jazz 88. Jimmy Butler, in his return from a calf injury, left midway through the third quarter with a right foot injury and will not return. – 6:53 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Right foot injury for Jimmy Butler. He won’t return tonight. – 6:48 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Jimmy Butler, grimacing a bit as he walked to the bench, heading back to the locker room. He missed the previous four games with a strained calf. – 6:40 PM

Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Jimmy Butler to the locker room – 6:39 PM

Tony Jones @Tjonesonthenba
Well that’s one way to stop a break Jimmy Butler – 6:39 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Jimmy Butler about to go to the line for the Heat’s 25th and 26th free throws of the game. There’s 6:45 left in the third quarter. – 6:35 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Jimmy Butler scores his first points of the game with 1:39 left in the first half. – 6:05 PM

Eric Walden @tribjazz
Those were, improbably, Jimmy Butler’s first points of the game – 6:04 PM

Jorge Sierra @hoopshype
NBA stars on pace to become ineligible for season awards
Devin Booker
Donovan Mitchell
Jimmy Butler
Kristaps Porzingis
Bam Adebayo
Lauri Markkanen
Jamal Murray
Darius Garland
Kyrie Irving
LaMelo Ball
Zach LaVine
Ineligible for sure
Ja Morant
Tyler Herro
Bradley Beal – 5:22 PM

CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Jimmy Butler injury update: Heat star to return to lineup vs. Jazz after missing four games
cbssports.com/nba/news/jimmy… – 4:58 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Heat at Utah opening with a lineup of RJ Hampton, Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic (!) and Bam Adebayo. – 4:37 PM

David Locke @DLocke09
12/30 Starting Lineups:
HEAT
F Jimmy Butler
F Nikola Jovic
C Bam Adebayo
G Tyler Herro
G RJ Hampton
JAZZ
F Simone Fontecchio
F Lauri Markkanen
C John Collins
G Collin Sexton
G Kris Dunn – 4:36 PM

Ira Winderman @IraHeatBeat
Heat at Utah opening with a lineup of RJ Hampton, Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, Nikols Jovic (!) and Bam Adebayo. – 4:36 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Heat starting RJ Hampton, Tyler Herro, Jimmy Butler, Nikola Jovic and Bam Adebayo today vs. Jazz. – 4:35 PM

Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Nikola Jovic in the starting lineup
RJ Hampton
Tyler Herro
Jimmy Butler
Nikola Jovic
Bam Adebayo
Jimmy Butler put in the starting lineup ticket – 4:31 PM

Dave Early @DavidEarly
Jimmy Butler come back home to Philly! – 3:36 PM

Andy Larsen @andyblarsen
Shoe sizes from the Miami Heat media guide:
Thomas Bryant: 15
Jimmy Butler: 14
RJ Hampton: 13
Tyler Herro: 13
Haywood Highsmith: 13
Jaime Jaquez: 15
Kyle Lowry: 12.5
Caleb Martin: 15
Josh Richardson: 14
Duncan Robinson: 13
Orlando Robinson: 17
Dru Smith: 13
Cole Swider: 15 – 3:35 PM

Wes Goldberg @wcgoldberg
Here’s who the Heat have available today in Utah
RJ Hampton
Tyler Herro
Jimmy Butler
Haywood Highsmith
Bam Adebayo
Duncan Robinson
Jaime Jaquez Jr
Jamal Cain
Nikola Jovic
Kevin Love – 3:27 PM

Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Heat lineup today:
RJ Hampton
Tyler Herro
Jimmy Butler
Haywood Highsmith
Bam Adebayo
Duncan Robinson
Jaime Jaquez
Jamal Cain
Nikola Jovic
Kevin Love – 3:19 PM

Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Jimmy Butler is available tonight – 3:18 PM

Tim Reynolds @ByTimReynolds
Jimmy Butler plans to play today. – 3:16 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
Jimmy Butler is available today vs. Jazz. This is the eighth time in the first 32 games that the Heat has Bam Adebayo, Butler and Tyler Herro all available. – 3:16 PM

Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Kyle Lowry, Josh Richardson, and Caleb Martin out tonight
Jimmy Butler questionable
That Butler-Jovic combo in Utah? 🫣 – 1:58 PM

Anthony Chiang @Anthony_Chiang
NEW: How injuries have affected the Heat’s leading trio of Bam Adebayo, Jimmy Butler and Tyler Herro, and what still needs to be accomplished miamiherald.com/sports/nba/mia… – 10:23 AM

Brady Hawk @BradyHawk305
Jimmy Butler X Nikola Jovic part 2 pic.twitter.com/A0QNzJWNer – 9:53 PM