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Butler ended the game with 27 points, eight rebounds and six assists, while Williams had nine points, two rebounds and two assists.
Boston Celtics guard Grant Williams has admitted Jimmy Butler got the best of him in Game Two of the NBA Eastern Conference Finals.
The two players were involved in a scuffle in the fourth quarter, and that sparked off a monster display by Butler to help Heat win the game 111-105 to stretch the lead to 2-0 in the series.
With 6:22 left in the fourth quarter, Williams and Butler went face to face in a heated exchange at the time Celtics were leading by nine and looking good for the win to tie the series at 1-1.
The response from Butler was a 4-for-5 shooting rhythm that took the Heat on a 26-9 run to win the game and take a 2-0 lead with two home games to follow in Miami.
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"I think he said something, and I just responded," Williams told reporters after the game.
"I'm a competitor. I'm gonna battle. He got the best of me tonight.
"And at the end of the day, it's out of respect because I'm not gonna run away from it.
"My mom always taught me, and my dad as well, you get your ass kicked, you don't come back home until you come battle again. And you either come back before you die, or you go back and you go get a win.
"And I'm not willing to die in this (East) finals. I'm ready to (expletive) get a win.
"Ready to come back and come into Game 3 with a better mentality, and I know this team is as well. So at the end of the day, tonight is tonight. We gotta come in tomorrow and really focus on what's next."
When asked whether the exchange had fuelled him for the final minutes of the fourth quarter, Butler revealed: "Yes, it did. But that's just competition at its finest,"
"But I don't know, it's just competition. I do respect him though. He's a big part of what they try to do. He switches, he can shoot the ball. I just don't know if I'm the best person to talk to."
Butler ended the game with 27 points, eight rebounds and six assists, while Williams had nine points, two rebounds and two assists.
Williams and the Celtics will look to avoid falling into an 0-3 hole when the series shifts to South Beach on Sunday night.
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