Whenever a player sets a franchise record in any professional sport, it’s usually a solid honor.
But, when a player breaks a record set by one of the game’s greatest players, then it become a headline.
That’s exactly what Jimmy Butler did on Sunday afternoon against the Toronto Raptors; scoring a franchise-record 40 points in the second half of the 115-113 victory for the Bulls.
The previous owner of that record? Some guy named Michael Jordan.
(That same guy also pays Butler to wear his brand’s shoes.)
Butler was tremendous after just a two-point performance in the first half, along with suffering a lip laceration on an accidental elbow from Toronto’s DeMarre Carroll.