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Jimmy Butler's force of will carries Bulls to OT win over Sixers

Bulls erase 24-point deficit to beat Philadelphia 115-11 behind Butler's career-high 53 points

Jimmy Butler!

The lead in journalism sums up the story or principal idea, and that one pretty much says it all about the Bulls 24-point comeback and 115-111 overtime victory Thursday over the lowly Philadelphia 76ers.

“It’s as good a performance as I’ve seen,” Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg reiterated as he pretty much said the same thing 10 days ago when Butler’s 40-point second half bailed out the Bulls in a victory in Toronto. “Jimmy throws up a career game like that and the guys hopped on his shoulders and he carried us home.