Heat’s Adebayo, Butler left out of the All-Star Game

It looks like the defending Eastern Conference champions will not be represented in this season’s NBA All-Star Game.

The Heat duo of Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler were not among the Eastern Conference players voted into the March 7 All-Star Game as reserves.

Bam Adebayo and Jimmy Butler were not among those voted in as Eastern Conference reserves.

Adebayo, who has made one All-Star Game, and Butler, who is a five-time All-Star, were voted into the showcase game as reserves last season.

The seven reserves from each conference for this season, which were voted on by conference coaches, were revealed Tuesday night on TNT.

“It’s important. I want to be an All-Star,” Adebayo said when asked Monday what it would mean to make the All-Star Game for the second consecutive season. “A two-time AllStar don’t sound bad. But I get it. It’s politics in this. It’s a sliding scale . ... I hope I’m an All-Star. But it’s politics, a sliding scale. So I get it.”

The frontcourt players selected to be East All-Star reserves: Julius Randle from the New York Knicks, Jayson Tatum from the Boston Celtics and Nikola Vucevic from the Orlando Magic. The guards: James Harden from the Brooklyn Nets, Jaylen Brown from the Celtics, Zach LaVine from the Chicago Bulls and Ben Simmons from the

Philadelphia 76ers.

The Western Conference guards selected as All-Star reserves: Damian Lillard from the Portland Trail Blazers, Chris Paul from the Phoenix Suns and Donovan Mitchell from the Utah Jazz. The frontcourt players: Paul George from the Los Angeles Clippers, Rudy Gobert from the Utah Jazz, Zion Williamson from the New Orleans Pelicans and Anthony Davis from the Los Angeles Lakers.

Adebayo and Butler both earned the honor as reserves last season. It marked the first time the Heat had two players voted into the All-Star Game since the 2015-16 season when Chris Bosh and Dwyane Wade made it, and Miami had at least two