CHICAGO — Jimmy Butler's return couldn’t have been any more timely. And now that he’s back, he’s the Chicago Bulls’ only hope.
On Saturday night, Butler played his first game in a month, after missing the Bulls’ last 11 with a left knee strain suffered Feb. 5 in Denver. The team’s 108-100 win over the Houston Rockets also featured the surprise returns of Nikola Mirotic and Taj Gibson, giving Chicago as close to a fully healthy roster as it'll have with Joakim Noah out for the year with a dislocated shoulder.
“He’s huge,” teammate Derrick Rose said. “Whenever he’s got the ball, you’ve got to stick to both of us. It’s hard to pay attention to both of us when we’re on the court. And we get to catch the ball with a live dribble, so that helps the team a lot. When we stop people, we’re very dangerous, with the shooters that we have and the way me and Jimmy put pressure on the defense.”
With just over two minutes left on Saturday, Butler fouled out, ending his ni ...
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