Jimmy Butler Gets Second Triple-Double of '16-'17

The Bulls' offense was led by Jimmy Butler who had a game high 33 points.

Nikola Mirotic sank six 3s and had 22 points, Bobby Portis added 12 points and 11 rebounds, Joffrey Lauvergne scored 14, and Jerian Grant, who started for Rondo, had 15 points, five rebounds and eight assists.

To understand why, just take a look at the numbers.The Bulls were 32-36 when Wade was injured on March 15, having lost six of their seven last games. Instead, he was on the bench for a rest in his first game in almost a month. The Bulls trailed Brooklyn 47-39 with a little over four minutes left in the half.

Chicago Bulls guard Dwyane Wade is hopeful he will be able to play Saturday against the Brooklyn Nets after missing close to a month because of a fractured right elbow. "I'm just looking to taking steps forward and not looking back".

Wade fouled Dinwiddie the next time down on what appeared to be more miscommunication on a pick and roll, resulting in two free throws with 13 seconds left. Spencer Dinwiddie scored 19 points off the bench.

For weeks, Hoiberg has preached focusing only on the Bulls' play. "We just needed some stops". The Bulls, however, own the tiebreaker over the Pacers and now sit in the seventh spot in the Eastern Conference playoff picture. "It's still a team at times that lacks certain things on the court and it affects us". "They've been playing as well as anybody to tell you the truth. They've got guys who play incredibly hard". We lost. Nothing you can really do about it right now. "We'll see how it goes tomorrow".

But he didn't get the shot to win the game.

In contrast to previous reports saying Bull's Dwyane Wade is confirmed out for the remaining of the regular season, new reports emerging are saying otherwise.

Dig even further and you can see significant improvement in offensive efficiency (3.6 points better per 100 possessions), defensive efficiency (2.4 points better), offensive field goal percentage (.439 before the injury versus.469 after), and defensive field goal percentage (.461 versus.447).

Dinwiddie nailed a three from the left side to tie it. Butler missed a 5-footer, and Hollis-Jefferson made two from the line for the lead.

"I think it's a mental fatigue, as much as physical", Brown said.

"Jimmy, he's doing such a good job this year of taking what the defense gives him", Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said. "We wanted to get him back in there at the end because we just felt it was our best five-man lineup to put out there to finish games for us". But we do; we've got to have them.

Wade has missed the last ten games with the elbow injury and will miss Thursday's contest against the Sixers.

Saturday's dismal loss, which featured the Bulls blowing a nine-point lead with 4 minutes, 24 seconds remaining, underscored the need for Rondo's return. Brooklyn finished its home schedule at 13-28.

The very first thing Clyde said after the ball was tipped was regarding the peculiarity of the Bulls sweeping the season series with the Cavs, but being 0-2, to that point, against the Knicks. Like Randy [Foye] said before the game, 'It's going to be a fun game out there.