Jimmy Butler made his return, but the Heat still lost its third straight game to reach the 40-game mark at 20-20.

Jimmy Butler was all smiles and shaking hands while at a private dinner party in Miami just hours after the Heat announced his second suspension in three weeks on Wednesday.

Jimmy Butler returned from his seven game suspension in the Miami Heat’s 133-113 loss to the Denver Nuggets on Friday at the Kaseya Center.

How long Butler is "here" in Miami is the question. Butler has requested a trade from the Heat and, while he is frustrated at the pace of action on that front, Miami has not found

Despite Jimmy Butler's return, the Miami Heat were unable to take down the Denver Nuggets on Friday night. Miami ended up falling to Denver by the final

After an alarming last-minute injury scratch from the lineup on Wednesday, Nikola Jokic was able to play with a sprained right elbow in Miami. It did not seem to bother him. He completed his 16th triple-double of the season late in the third quarter with one of his most delicious highlights of the year.

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Miami Heat star Jimmy Butler will make his return tonight against Denver Nuggets after serving 7-game suspension and he’s expected to be in the starting lineup, sources tell @ChrisBHaynes. pic.twitter.com/fRpVaiEvGH

Jimmy Butler walked out of the Miami Heat locker room on Friday night wearing a Michael Jordan jersey. It wasn’t a No. 23 jersey.

Athlon Sports’ Mark Medina analyzes the trade market for Jimmy Butler, Bradley Beal, Zach LaVine, Brandon Ingram and Cam Johnson.

Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat don’t seem to care about those optics. The Heat suspended Butler for a second time in less than weeks, bringing Butler’s total team-imposed absences this season to nine games.