NBA: Miami has "learned a lot" and will come back "stronger" assures Jimmy Butler

Jimmy Butler (Miami Heat), beaten (4-1) by the Denver Nuggets in the NBA Finals (94-89), claimed to have “learned” a lot from the course in the play-offs and promised that his people would come back again “ stronger”, Monday, after their ultimate defeat in game 5.

“I would have liked to be able to do it for these guys (his teammates, Editor's note), because they really deserved it. But one thing I'll take away from all of this is how grateful I am to be able to play with them. (...) I am blessed. I'm lucky. And I think everything will be fine for us,” said the winger, who tried almost everything on Monday evening, notably scoring 13 of his 21 points in three minutes in the last quarter.

While Miami, out of the play-offs and modest seeded N.8, had a remarkable run in the play-offs, coach Erik Spoelstra also wanted to make the most of this epic: "Even if it's only sport, you can learn life lessons (…) We have shown that it is possible to persevere, that you can deal with what people perceive as weaknesses, come out stronger and overcome many things. said the Heat coach.

“Our guys will be able to carry these values ​​with them for the rest of their careers, this gnaque, this abnegation, this solidity, this capacity to (…) overcome adversity”, added Spoelstra, according to whom the Heat is “a team a lot of people can relate to”.

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This general feeling was shared by another major player of the Floridian formation, Bam Adebayo: "we made our way where we were told it was impossible (...). I'm just taking those lessons with me as I look forward to next season." “Every time I look back, I will say to myself that we have already overcome this adversity in the past,” he underlined.