The Bulls suffered a humiliating defeat just last night, and it’s somewhat telling to see how they ‘respond’ to such games. The Heat are also on a back-to-back, though they had to travel. Like last night’s opponents, the Heat are out a key contributor (Bam Adebayo). All of a sudden this looks like an important game!
It’s definitely an interesting one, because Jimmy Butler is on the other team. The Heat - who went to the dang NBA Finals but faltered to start this season - have won the last 7 games Jimmy has played in, and have been on a tear since his return overall:
In a pretty wild season so far, Butler has pretty much abandoned the 3-point line but is still getting free throws by the ton and somehow is sporting an assist percentage over 40%.