Jimmy Butler will not play in the final two games of Miami’s ongoing road trip while recovering from illness, the team said Friday.

Saturday’s game against the Hawks marks the start of a back-to-back set for the Heat. Miami will close its three-game trip on Sunday against the Houston Rockets at Toyota Center, with Butler’s status for that game also up in the air.

However, those games have taken a backseat to a storyline rapidly engulfing the Heat: the fate of forward Jimmy Butler. Butler is remaining in Miami this weekend and "said to be w