As tennis star Coco Gauff tells it, Jimmy Butler assured her his Miami Heat would make it to the NBA Finals before they were guaranteed a playoff spot.
Gauff, a 19-year-old who is ranked No. 6 in women's tennis, said Butler offered her tickets to see the Heat's last regular-season game in early April. Later, he sent her a direct message to ask whether she wanted seats for the postseason, too.
Looking back on the exchange, Gauff was fascinated by the timing. That second ticket offer came before the Heat were assured of extending their season; their record was only good enough to get them into the play-in round for a full-fledged playoff berth. "Everybody is like, ‘We have a 3% chance of making the Finals, but when he sent me that, I knew we were making the Finals, because he didn’t say ’IF we make the Finals' — he said ‘WHEN we make the Finals.’”“I was like, ‘Oh, we’re going. We’re going to the Finals,’” Gauff said with a smile. “So that’s my ‘Jimmy Butler story.' He pretty much said we were going to the Finals before we even qualified for the playoffs, and I just really like that mentality.
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