Butler didn’t lament losing to his former team as much as he did losing in general. His chapter with the Heat is over, and a new one in Golden State has just begun. The Warriors are 16-4 with him in the lineup even after the shellacking.

Jimmy Butler, playing against the Heat for the first since they traded him, was held to 11 points as host Miami defeated the short-handed Golden State Warriors 112-86 on Tuesday night.

MIAMI — Bam Adebayo scored 27 points, Tyler Herro scored 20 and the Miami Heat spoiled Jimmy Butler’s return game with a one-sided 112-86 win over the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday night. Alec Burks scored 18 for Miami, which never trailed. The Heat were 17 for 25 from 3-point range.

The Golden State Warriors are in the middle of battling for playoff seeding as the regular season winds down quickly. Over their last two games, the Warriors have lost both. Golden State lost to the Atlanta Hawks by a final score of 124-115 and followed that up with a loss to the Miami Heat.

After the Golden State Warriors’ loss to the Miami Heat, which featured a thrilling comeback led by Jimmy Butler, head coach Steve Kerr identified the most important game of the year for his team. The Golden State Warriors are facing a critical stretch following their loss to the Miami Heat,

One may assume that the team will get an easy win in that game, but head coach Steve Kerr actually feels it will be a much bigger contest than it may seem. “ … I think Friday is the biggest game of the year for us,