Butler blows farewell kisses after Pacers' Warren earns ejection
Jimmy Butler and T.J. Warren don't seem too fond of each other.
After Butler turned over the ball on an offensive foul in the third quarter of Wednesday's game between the Miami Heat and Indiana Pacers, Warren earned his second technical foul of the game - and thus an ejection - for following Butler and clapping.
The two continued to chirp at one another, with the Heat swingman blowing kisses at the Pacers forward as the former retreated to the bench.
Jimmy Butler sent T.J. Warren a goodbye kiss 💀 pic.twitter.com/opjXfbpAqg
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The bad blood between the two had already been brewing by that point.
Warren earned his first technical just minutes earlier after getting tangled up with Butler under the Pacers' basket, requiring players on both teams to step in and separate the pair. Butler, who appeared to yell "You're f------ trash" at Warren during the scuffle, also received a technical for the incident.
Jimmy Butler and T. J. Warren exchange words at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, eventually leading to Warren's ejection.#HEATTwitter #NBA pic.twitter.com/sDoLKEi3tn
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Asked about the confrontations postgame, Butler didn't hold back in his opinion of Warren.
"He's soft," he said, according to Barry Jackson of the Miami Herald. "He's not even in my (expletive) league, nowhere near me. If I was their coach, I would never put him on me ever again."
Warren's ejection was the fourth of his career, according to ESPN.
Butler, meanwhile, finished with 14 points, seven assists, and six rebounds as the Heat won 122-108.
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