Miami Warmth star Jimmy Butler and head coach Erik Spoelstra bought right into a heated verbal altercation and needed to be restrained by Warmth gamers through the third quarter of Miami’s loss to the Golden State Warriors on Wednesday.

The Warriors have been enjoying with out Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, and Draymond Inexperienced, but nonetheless stole a surprising victory from the East’s prime seed. Two days earlier, the Warmth misplaced to the Philadelphia 76ers with out Joel Embiid or James Harden within the lineup. Clearly there’s one thing flawed with Miami proper now, and all of it spilled onto the court docket as Golden State was within the midst of a 19-0 run.

Butler and Spoelstra began yelling at one another within the huddle. Warmth veteran Udonis Haslem — who’s extra of an assistant coach than a participant in recent times — bought concerned backing up Spoelstra, too. This was a weird and dramatic scene that made Miami’s loss appear much more troubling. Watch the clip right here:

Right here’s one other angle from a courtside fan that reveals Haslem’s function within the argument extra clearly. Haslem appeared to inform Butler he would struggle him earlier than tempers actually began flaring between Butler and coach Spo.

The sport was tied at 50 at halftime earlier than the Warriors went on an enormous run.

Listed below are some publish video games feedback from Spoelstra and Kyle Lowry:

The Warmth tried to downplay the argument off as a joke after the sport:

Will the tensions between Spoelstra and Butler linger? Why are the Warmth dropping back-to-back video games to groups with out a number of stars? This was a really unusual scene.