As the Miami Heat have won three straight games after beating the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night, it has been an emotional past handful of weeks dealing with coming off a 10-game skid and even a recent return.

Some fans cheered his introduction. Many jeered him. And whenever he got the ball over the next four quarters, there was plenty of booing from all sides of the arena. In the end, Jimmy Butler's return to Miami couldn't have gone better for the Heat.

The Warriors have played extremely well with Butler, climbing to the Western Conference’s sixth seed with a 41-30 record. All the pieces seem to fit. Plus, they recently got role players Jonathan Kuminga, Brandin Podziemski and Gary Payton II back from injury and are at full strength.