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. It was a No. 45 — the one Jordan briefly wore when he returned to the Chicago Bulls after coming out of retirement in March 1995.

Morant was coming off a 21-point, 12-assists outing on Wednesday when the Grizzlies rallied to beat the Spurs 129-115. Morant is averaging 21.4 points and 7.5 assists in his sixth season.

Butler missed Miami’s last seven games while serving a suspension for conduct that the team deemed detrimental.

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

The Denver Nuggets went into Miami and played 4 good quarters to take the win over the Miami Heat 133-113. Jamal Murray had 30 points, 8 rebounds and 7

Denver Nuggets star Nikola Jokic was unexpectedly ruled out for Wednesday’s contest against the Houston Rockets. Not on the initial injury report, Jokic was dow

The story vs the Miami Heat was about Jimmy Butler and his return to the floor, but the Denver Nuggets quickly flipped the script.

Jalen Green scored 34 points, Alperen Sengun had 20 points, nine rebounds and eight assists and the Houston Rockets beat the short-handed Denver Nuggets 128-108.