导出博客文章LOS ANGELES -- Jimmy Butler called his shot before Sundays 118-110 win over the
Los Angeles Lakers. The Chicago Bulls All-Star swingman knew he would have to
score more on Sunday with the Bulls playing without Dwyane Wade, who was sitting
out the game to rest on the second night of a back-to-back.So Butler, who is
averaging 24.0 points per game this season, told his head coach, Fred Hoiberg,
that he would take matters into his own hands as the Bulls tried to bounce back
from a tough loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Saturday night.He told me
before the game, Coach, Im going for 40 tonight, Hoiberg said. And he did
it.Butler finished the game with a season-high 40 points, going 14-for-23 from
the field and 12-for-14 from the foul line. He also added seven rebounds and six
assists in 40 minutes. In a month full of dominating performances, Butler saved
his best game of the short season when his team needed it most.He is playing
with a tremendous amount of confidence, and thats where it starts, Hoiberg said.
If you believe you can do it, thats a pretty good place to start. Jimmy thinks
every time he steps on the floor hes the best player out there, and more often
than not hes right. Thats a big thing is the confidence and the belief in
yourself, and he definitely has that.Butler doesnt want to acknowledge publicly
that he feels he is the leagues best player, but that is the mindset he has
taken with him on the floor over the past few weeks. He has scored at least 20
points in eight straight games.I think thats the way I have to think, Butler
said. If I dont, then I look at it as being just another player thats out there.
My teammates tell me to play like that, to think like that, but at the same time
even though D-Wades out, hes still helping me through this process and letting
me know what I should be doing. Late in the game, early in the game, its great
to have him in my corner.As for his prediction before the game, Butler playfully
smiled after being told of Hoibergs words.Butlers performance without Wade is
even more impressive when compared to LeBron James numbers while playing without
the future Hall of Famer. As ESPN Stats & Information points out: In 55
games LeBron played without Wade, he scored 40 three times. James didnt do it
until his 14th game without Wade. Butler did it his first time out.I just felt
like thats what my team was going to need from me to tell you the truth, Butler
said. For me to be aggressive, to put the ball in the basket, with our
second-leading scorer out, I knew I had to pick up the pace a little bit. So
that was my mindset. Play defense as well but go out and put the ball in the
hole.Butlers teammates figured that the 27-year-old was ready to have a big
game.Before the game, before the ball jumped up, he came to me [and] just said,
Come on, lets get it done, Bulls forward Taj Gibson said. I saw it in his eyes,
the desperation and understanding that we got to win this game. This is a big
game for us, especially on a back-to-back after losing a tough one which we
thought we should have won [Saturday] night, so I saw it in his eyes. He was
intense, [Rajon] Rondo was intense, but hes just showing more leadership day by
day.The Bulls are now 3-1 on their annual Circus Trip and play the Denver
Nuggets on Tuesday night.
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