Jimmy Butler booed in return to Miami as Heat lock up Warriors

MIAMI — Every time Jimmy Butler touched the ball, he heard it from the Kaseya Center crowd. His dribbles served as percussion to a chorus of boos.

He’d heard that song before, in Philadelphia and in Minnesota after leaving those teams under suboptimal circumstances. But he didn’t make the same level of impact there as he did in Miami.

The same fans who fell in love with him as he carried the Heat to their best years since the Heatles era jeered him. The mercurial superstar publicly beefed with team president Pat Riley ...