Jimmy Butler was feared to have suffered a MCL injury in the loss to the 76ers… with the Miami star set for an MRI before the Heat face Chicago for the final playoff spot.

Jimmy Butler says he will need an MRI on his right knee after suffering an injury in the first half of the Miami Heat’s loss to the 76ers on Wednesday.

Late in the first quarter, Butler twisted his knee and fell while trying to trick Philadelphia’s Kelly Oubre Jr.. The latter seemed to land on Butler, who led the Heat from the play-in to the NBA Finals last year.

After the collision, Butler made the first free throw before missing the second. He stayed in the game and scored 19 points as his team was barely outshot, 105-104, by Joel Embiid and company.

“I fell, he landed and my knee just didn’t work right, I guess,” Butler said. ‘I don’t know. It’s not a good feeling, I assure you.

Miami still has a chance to be in playoff contention when it hosts the Chicago Bulls in the final play-in game for eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

“We just need to get one and then we’ll worry about the next one,” Butler said.

It was not immediately clear if Butler would be available to play.

“I felt like I couldn’t do too much, which sucks because of the timing of the game and everything,” Butler said. ‘I hope I’m fine. I hope to wake up tomorrow and still be able to stay and move. I can’t stay right now, that’s the case.’

Butler, a former Sixer, scored 20.8 points in 60 games for the Heat. The Marquette product said he stayed in the game because he thought “the adrenaline would come back” and he would feel healthy enough to play at his usual level.

Butler was 5 of 18 from the field overall, but scored just two points in the fourth quarter, when the Heat collapsed in the fourth.

“It just wasn’t the case,” he said. ‘I couldn’t do anything on either side of the ball. I think I actually hurt us more than I helped us.’