The Miami Heat are suspending Jimmy Butler two games after he missed a team flight for a road trip, ESPN's Shams Charania reports.

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Butler averaged 13 points, 3.3 rebounds and 5.7 assists per game while shooting 45.2 percent from the field in those three games since returning from his first suspension. The Heat, which went 1-2 in those games, has been outscored by 6.8 per 100 possessions with Butler on the court during that span.

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Jimmy Butler will miss the next two Miami Heat games without pay as the team suspended him for the second time this season for missing a team flight.

Butler didn't travel on Miami's flight to Milwaukee on Wednesday ahead of the team's game against the Bucks on Thursday

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