Sometimes it simply comes down to wanting it just a little more, like Jimmy Butler Saturday in the Bulls brilliant 123-118 overtime comeback victory over the Toronto Raptors. Sure it’s a cliche, and it’s not like they all don’t want to win. They do, and the intention was clearly there in the ferocity of Toronto’s DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry. But just oh so much less than it was with Jimmy Butler, who with 42 points and perhaps a half dozen crucial plays to save and secure the game, continues on a march to unimagined greatness.
“Obviously, you can put Jimmy up with the superstars in this league,” said Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg.