Miami Heat’s Jimmy Butler scored a season-high 33 points on 11 of 17 shooting with nine rebounds, six assists and two blocked shots in Sunday night’s 123-118 overtime win against the Dallas Mavericks.

It was nostalgic Butler. He was everywhere. He made mistakes, set up pump fakes and facilitated.

The Mavericks have a history of using their game plan to double up on Butler to keep the ball out of his hands. On Sunday, Butler had more freedom and more space.

“A lot,” Butler said. “It makes my job a lot easier. Boys are looking for me. I’m also looking for my guys to get open shots. I like the freedom of being able to create, take some shots and definitely get my guys involved.”

Butler’s dunk tied the game at 114-114 with 4.4 seconds left in regulation. It looked like Dereck Lively fouled him on the play, which could have resulted in a three-point play.

Coach Erik Spoelstra was furious with the referees in this game, especially with that call. The Heat were fortunate to make it to overtime and win.

“I’m just glad we went into overtime and won,” Butler said. “I just saw that he was voted the best coach in the association, which is deserved, because he was locked up, and he studied and everything, like no one I’ve ever seen. He came up with something incredible, and I hate to say it, but Duncan made an incredible pass.

Butler has scored at least 30 points in back-to-back games.

The Heat’s next opponent is the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night.

Miguel Mike Medina is a contributor to Miami Heat On SI. He can be reached at [email protected]

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