Golden State Warriors forward Jimmy Butler III (10) looks toward the bench in the second quarter during a game against the Detroit Pistons at Chase Center. David Gonzales David Gonzales-Imagn Images

As expected, Jimmy Butler’s return drew a wide range of emotions from the South Florida crowd when he was introduced as a Golden State Warriors starter on Tuesday night.

With Butler returning to Kaseya Center as a member of the Warriors to face the Miami Heat on Tuesday for the first time since Miami traded him to Golden State last month, Heat public address announcer Michael Baiamonte announced Butler’s name when introducing Warriors starters in the same booming voice that he used to announce it when Butler was with the Heat.

The Heat played a 35-second video tribute for Butler just before he was introduced, drawing a mixed reaction from the South Florida crowd that included some boos and some applause.

While there were questions whether Butler would get a tribute video from the Heat because of his ugly breakup with the organization earlier this season, the Heat followed its usual rule for such situations.

The Heat reserves tribute videos for players who won an NBA championship or made an All-Star Game while with the team. Butler qualifies because he was selected as an NBA All-Star two times during his time with the Heat.

Heat coach Erik Spoelstra downplayed the emotions surrounding Tuesday’s matchup against Butler and the Warriors before the game.

“Obviously, there’s a great story line for everybody out there,” Spoelstra said during his pregame media session. “We’re trying to focus on everything we’ve been dealing with for the last three weeks. I think all the emotions were late December and early January, to be frank. They’re trying to do what they’re trying to do. This is the NBA, so there’s a lot of things that will happen. There’s a lot of change in the NBA. I think we’re pretty far removed now from that kind of emotion.”

The Heat traded the disgruntled Butler to the Warriors on Feb. 6. Miami acquired Andrew Wiggins, Kyle Anderson and a top-10 protected 2025 first-round pick from Golden State, and Davion Mitchell from the Toronto Raptors in the deal.

The trade put an end to a damaging few weeks for the team-player relationship between the Heat and Butler. There was a trade request from Butler, three suspensions without pay issued by the Heat and an airing of grievances against each other along the way before the trade.

According to multiple sources, Butler’s relationship with the team took a turn last offseason when Heat president Pat Riley publicly challenged Butler to be available for more games and the Heat declined to give Butler a two-year, $113 million contract extension. Butler was also unhappy with tweaks made to the Heat’s offense this season that he perceived left him playing in more of a complementary role than previous years.

Butler, who was traded by the Heat in the middle of his sixth season with the franchise, established himself as one of the greatest players in Heat history before feuding with the team on his way out. While Butler has still never won an NBA championship, he helped lead the Heat to three Eastern Conference finals appearances and two NBA Finals appearances during his five full seasons with the team.