Pelle Larsson was drafted by the Miami Heat just a few months ago, but he has already received some eye-opening compliments from his new coaches and teammates.

First, Heat coach Erik Spoelstra called Larsson “an elite role player” during the preseason.

Then following Sunday’s overtime win against the Dallas Mavericks, Heat six-time All-Star and five-time All-NBA selection Jimmy Butler compared Larsson to himself.

“He just does everything, he really does,” Butler said ahead of the Heat’s matchup against the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night at Kaseya Center. “He can shoot the ball, he can handle the ball, he can finish, he can guard. I think as the game continues to slow down for him, he’s just going to get more comfortable and better.

“It’s really going to be hard for Spo to take him off the floor. I like the way that I always see him in early, leaving late. Honestly, he reminds me of myself whenever I was younger in this league. He can probably shoot the ball a lot better than I did, though.”

While Larsson’s minutes have fluctuated during the fist month of his first NBA season, the rookie guard has already earned the trust of Spoelstra to play important minutes.

Larsson, who was selected by the Heat with the 44th overall pick in the second round of this year’s draft, logged a season-high (and career-high) 36 minutes off the bench in Sunday’s overtime victory over the Mavericks. He also recorded career-highs in points (14), field goals made (six) and rebounds (five) while matching his career-best plus/minus of plus-18 in the win.

“Pelle played so hard,” Spoelstra said after the overtime victory. “He really played hard, picking up full court, guarding bigger guys, throwing his body all around. He had an impact, for sure.”

Larsson played 8:56 in the fourth quarter and was on the court for the entire overtime period on Sunday.

“It feels good,” Larsson said of playing extended minutes down the stretch of a close game. “It’s all about that first run. We have so many guys off the bench who can do that, play a whole game like this. It can be anybody’s day. If you get off to a good start, they’re going to trust you and put you back in.”

That’s a lesson that Larsson has already learned, as the Heat’s bench rotation continues to evolve from game to game based on injuries, matchups and players earning more or fewer minutes.

After playing just six minutes through the Heat’s first four games this season, Larsson has logged double-digit minutes off the bench in six of the past 10 games leading up to Tuesday’s matchup against the Bucks. At 6-foot-5 and 215 pounds, his well-rounded skill set has made him a useful complementary piece for nearly any Heat lineup with his ability to serve as a physical and pesky perimeter defender while also making an impact on the offensive end without needing the ball in his hands or plays run for him.

As one of the older prospects to be drafted this year at 23 years old, Larsson entered the NBA with more experience than most rookies. He’s a four-year college player, but he also played professionally in his home country of Sweden before enrolling in college.

“He’s a veteran college player, so he had a little bit more maturity than some of the draft picks that come into the league,” Spoelstra said. “But he also had impactful moments in college, where that led to winning. And probably a lot of people saw him as only a role player without a lot of potential. We saw him as somebody who you could plug and play right away, and he still does have a big upside.”

Larsson has fit in with the Heat behind the scenes, too. He’s often one of the last players on the court after practice, playing one on one with just about any teammate who wants to get extra work in.

“He’s a competitor, so if anybody is playing one on one after practice, Pelle is going to get involved in it,” Spoelstra said. “That’s centers, it can be the guards, it can be the wings, he just can’t get enough of it. And then when he’s done with that, then he’s going to go in the weight room, then he’s going to get extra shooting in. He’s young enough right now that we don’t have to monitor it. But at some point, you have to monitor his work load so he’s not doing too much. It’s a good thing, though. I like it.”

THREE-POINT SURGE

During Sunday’s overtime win over the Mavericks, Heat center Bam Adebayo matched his career high with three made three-pointers and set a new career-high with six three-point attempts.

Adebayo entered Tuesday shooting 13 of 38 (34.2 percent) from three-point range this season, making multiple threes in three of the last four games.

“Even keeled,” Adebayo said of his recent uptick in three-point shooting. “Don’t get too high, don’t get too low. Stay with the preparation and keep working behind the scenes.”

INJURY REPORT

Heat guard Terry Rozier will make his return Tuesday against the Bucks after missing the last two games with right foot discomfort, which is now being described on the injury report as “right foot neuroma.”

But Heat guard Dru Smith will miss his second straight game on Tuesday because of a bone bruise in his right knee.

The only other Heat player ruled out for Tuesday’s matchup against the Bucks is Josh Christopher, who remains in the G League as part of his two-way contract.

That leaves the Heat with 15 of its 17 players available for Tuesday’s game.

The Bucks will be without Giannis Antetokounmpo (left knee effusion) and Khris Middleton (bilateral ankle surgery) against the Heat.