Per ESPN's Bobby Marks, Butler will lose $532,737 per game under the terms of the suspension as laid out by the Heat.. It won't be long at all before Butler's losses count in the millions; as pointed out by Marks, a mere five-game absence will result in over $2 million in lost salary for the All-NBA forward.

Butler, the disgruntled forward who has sought a trade from Miami, left the team's shootaround hours before its double-overtime win.

COOPER FLAGG AND THE DUKE BLUE DEVILS Cooper Flagg is at it again. Two days after a 24-7-6 night in a come-from-behind victory over Wake Forest, Flagg put on a clinic in the second half of Duke's 74-64 win over North Carolina State at Cameron Indoor Stadium Monday night.