For the 119th time since Jimmy Butler joined Miami, the Heat played a game without him. This was different from the others. It went very — very — poorly for Miami.

Butler is gone, banished by the Heat for seven games for conduct detrimental to the team, and he may not play for Miami again. His suspension began Saturday night when the Heat faced the Utah Jazz, and the team intends to accommodate his request and facilitate a trade.

Game 1 of the Butler suspension was a disaster: The Jazz, who came in with a 7-25 record, took a commanding 43-point lead and finished the game winning 136-100. They outrebounded Miami 57-32, making it look far less competitive.

“It’s disappointing when you see the organization and a player going head-to-head like that,” said Heat captain Bam Adebayo after the shootaround practice on Saturday. “But the rest of us got to figure out how to win games.”

The Heat had not lost by more than 19 points all season until this game, marking a 36-point loss, the sixth-largest in franchise history. Butler has refrained from making public comments regarding his suspension. The National Basketball Players Association expressed its opinion on Butler’s behalf, characterizing the team’s actions as “excessive and inappropriate.” The suspension could cost Butler approximately $2.4 million of his $48.8 million salary this season.

“It’s none of our business,” Adebayo remarked. “It’s for Jimmy and for the management to handle.”

How the situation will unfold from here is uncertain.

With Butler absent, there was a new starting lineup: Miami opened with Terry Rozier, Tyler Herro, Haywood Highsmith, Nikola Jovic, and Adebayo. Butler’s locker remains untouched, while the team focuses on their current group.

“We’re just going to focus on tonight,” said Heat coach Erik Spoelstra. “I want to quiet all the distractions. Enough has been said. We have clarity. We’re going to focus on this group in the locker room. That’s what I want them to concentrate on.”

Utah is set to play Miami twice during Butler’s absence; the teams will meet again in Salt Lake City on Thursday. Jazz coach Will Hardy noted that Spoelstra’s approach won’t change due to Butler’s absence.

“They have a consistency in their program from a competitive standpoint that you know it doesn’t matter who plays,” Hardy reflected. “When you play Miami, it’s going to be 48 minutes of highly competitive, physical basketball. Spo has shown that since he’s been in Miami.”

Trading Butler presents challenges under the current NBA rules, with restrictions affecting player acquisition; however, letting him go as a free agent remains an option.

“It sucks to see that he won’t be around,” Rozier admitted.

Butler averaged 21.7 points, 6.2 rebounds, and 5.7 assists in 380 games with the Heat, including playoffs. Under Butler’s presence, Miami won 59.7% of their games (227-153), as compared to 49.2% when he was absent (58-60).

It was inevitable that not offering Butler a two-year, $113 million extension last summer would lead to complications, especially after Butler missed about a quarter of the team’s games during his tenure. The recent tensions culminated this week, culminating in Butler not participating in the fourth quarters of games earlier in the week.

“I feel like he came to work and tried to perform, but it just didn’t go his way,” Adebayo noted. “He didn’t want to be in the corner… but after what happened yesterday, we’re focused on who’s with us now.”

In a recent interview, Butler responded “probably not” when asked if he thought he could find joy on the court in Miami again.

It might have been the final act of his time with the Heat. A week prior, Miami wasn’t interested in trading Butler, but his expressed desire to leave changed the narrative.

“It’s hard to not see him around,” said Jovic.