Coming into Saturday, the Heat were 5-5 in games without Butler this season. They also had not lost a game by more than 19 points. As -400 favorites against Utah at home, Miami's 9-for-35 shooting performance from three and -25 rebound margin sealed the embarrassing result that nearly doubled its worst losing margin on the season.

“I want to get my joy back,” Butler said in his postgame press conference. “I’m happy here off the court, but I want to be back to somewhere dominant. I want to hoop, and I want to help this team win right now. I’m not doing that.”