Saturday’s game against the Hawks marks the start of a back-to-back set for the Heat. Miami will close its three-game trip on Sunday against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center, with Butler’s status for that game also up in the air.

However, those games have taken a backseat to a storyline rapidly engulfing the Heat: the fate of forward Jimmy Butler. Butler is remaining in Miami this weekend and "said to be w

Jimmy Butler will not play in the final two games of Miami’s ongoing road trip while recovering from illness, the team said Friday.