The team only had 14 assists on Friday. Butler walked the ball up on five straight possessions and bricked five straight jumpers.
Just when I thought that Jimmy Butler had overcome his infuriating tendency – oh boy, here we go again. Sigh. The Bulls dug themselves into hole of Jimmy playing so bad that it cost them Game 3 of the first round match up with the Celtics.
In that game,Fred Hoiberg allowed Jimmy to run the team, and instead of setting up his teammates, he ran the old predictable plays that never work for him against Boston, allowing the opposing team to lock onto him, force bad shots, and put the Bulls in a hole so deep they couldn’t pull out of it.