Go". Butler was close friends with fellow NBA player Lamar Odom and was seen in episodes of his television show Khloé & Lamar. Death On January 31, 2018, Butler and his partner (initially misidentified as his wife), singer Leah LaBelle, were killed instantly in a high-speed car accident in the Studio City neighborhood of Los Angeles, California, after he lost control of his Range Rover on Ventura Boulevard and crashed violently into a strip mall parking lot. Autopsy reports showed traces of methamphetamine, oxycodone and marijuana in Butler's body, and a blood alcohol content of 0.118%. NBA career statistics Regular season |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Miami | 72 || 28 || 21.0 || .362 || .292 || .731 || 2.6 || 1.3 || .3 || .6 || 7.5 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Miami | 45 || 0 || 15.0 || .476 || .463 || .762 || 1.4 || .5 || .2 || .3 || 6.8 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | Miami | 65 || 15 || 18.5 || .399 || .373 || .771 || 2.3 || 1.0 || .3 || .4 || 6.5 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | New Orleans/Oklahoma City | 79 || 20 || 23.7 || .406 || .380 || .693 || 2.9 || .5 || .4 || .6 || 8.7 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | New Orleans/Oklahoma City | 81 || 38 || 27.4 || .398 || .369 || .644 || 3.2 || .8 || .5 || .7 || 10.1 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | New Orleans | 51 || 8 || 17.2 || .350 || .331 || .839 || 2.0 || .7 || .3 || .4 || 4.9 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | New Orleans | 82 || 74 || 31.9 || .433 || .390 || .782 || 3.3 || .9 || .6 || .7 || 11.2 |- | align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 82 || 64 || 33.0 || .409 || .336 || .841 || 2.9 || 1.4 || .4 || .8 || 11.9 |- | rowspan="2" align="left" | | align="left" | L.A. Clippers | 41 || 2 || 18.1 || .323 || .326 || .667 || 1.9 || .7 || .2 || .4 || 5.0 |- | align="left" | Chicago | 6 || 0 || 4.3 || .545 || .571 || .000 || 2.0 ||