This is truly the type of performance that will allow Jimmy Butler to announce to everyone that the Bulls are really is team.
Butler finished the game with 42 points – 40 of which came in the second half – as the Bulls came back on the Raptors late in the fourth quarter to come away with a 115-113 victory.
Butler’s 40-point second half was the highest-scoring half in Bulls history, eclipsing Michael Jordan’s previous mark of 39.
Most points in a half – Bulls history:
Jimmy Butler (2016): 40
Michael Jordan (1989): 39 pic.twitter.com/YYsghZEdTN— SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) January 3, 2016
The performance got Scottie Pippen’s attention.
What a performance by @JimmyButler. You don't see individual efforts like this too often.
— Scottie Pippen (@ScottiePippen) January 3, 2016