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Jimmy Butler shared the credit with his team-mates after leading the Miami Heat to another win in the NBA play-offs.<\/span><\/p>\n The 33-year-old has tended to overperform in the post-season, earning himself the nickname ‘play-off Jimmy’.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n And Butler again shone as the Heat won 123-116 at the Boston Celtics in game one of the Eastern Conference finals.<\/span><\/p>\n “I’m playing at an incredible level because they are allowing me to do so and not putting a limit on my game,” said Butler, who scored 35 points.<\/span><\/p>\n “They are trusting me with the ball and on the defensive end, and I think that’s what any basketball player wants.<\/span><\/p>\n “What anyone wants in life is to be wanted, to be appreciated and just let you go out there and rock.”<\/span><\/p>\n Butler also finished with seven assists, six steals and five rebounds for Miami, who have become the first side seeded eighth to reach the conference finals since 1999.<\/span><\/p>\n The Heat trailed Boston, the second seed, by 13 points late in the second quarter and 66-57 at half-time.<\/span><\/p>\n But they outscored the hosts 46-25 in the third quarter to take a 12-point advantage, with Bam Adebayo adding 20 points.<\/span><\/p>\n Jayson Tatum had 30 points and seven rebounds for the Celtics, while Jaylen Brown added 22 points, nine rebounds and five assists.<\/span><\/p>\n