Jimmy Butler on Heat: 'We belong here'

As the Miami Heat get set for the Eastern Conference finals against the Boston Celtics, Jimmy Butler and his teammates do so with the same air of quiet confidence they've carried with them since the NBA restarted its season.

The All-Star swingman brushed off the idea that the fifth-seeded Heat should feel like an underdog against the third-seeded Celtics when the series begins Tuesday night.

"We don't really use 'underdog,'" Butler said after Saturday's practice. "We may say that we have a chip on our shoulder, but I don't think that we're the underdog. I think that we're a really good team. We play together. Everybody knows their role. We just compete.

Source: Nick Friedell of ESPN

ANALYSIS: Although many people did not have the Miami Heat in the Eastern Conference Finals, Jimmy Butler and his Heat feel like they belong this deep in the playoffs. The Heat are 8-1 in the postseason thus far and will look to continue their hot play in the Conference Finals against the talented Boston Celtics.

Game 1 between the two will be played Tuesday in the Orlando bubble.