G Jimmy Butler had 33 points and nine assists in the loss Sunday.

G Jimmy Butler had 22 points, eight rebounds, eight assists and four steals to help the Bulls earn a 111-97 victory over Boston in Game 2 on Tuesday night.

G Jimmy Butler produced a breakout final period that was enough to carry the Chicago Bulls past the top-seeded Boston Celtics in the opener of a first-round Eastern Conference playoff series.Butler scored 15 of his 30 points in the fourth quarter, including five during an 8-0 run midway through the period that put Chicago in control, and the Bulls held on to beat the Celtics 106-102 Sunday night.Butler also pulled down nine rebounds as the Bulls capitalized on their size advantage and controlled the inside.

CHICAGO -- The Chicago Bulls are headed back to the postseason.Jimmy Butler scored a team-high 25 points and Chicago clinched a berth in the Eastern Conference playoffs with a 112-73 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night. Rookie forward Paul Zipser added a career-high 21 points off the bench as the Bulls (41-41) earned the No. 8 seed. They will meet No. 1 seed Boston.Archie Goodwin scored 20 points to lead the Nets, who benched a half-dozen players in their final game. Brooklyn (20-62) finished with the worst record in the NBA and the fourth-most losses in franchise history.Pacers 104, Hawks 86INDIANAPOLIS -- Paul George tallied 32 points and 11 rebounds, and Jeff Teague added 19 points and seven assists before rolling his left ankle late in the fourth quarter, leading Indiana to a playoff-clinching victory over Atlanta.The Pacers earned the No. 7 seed in the Eastern Conference and will open against the No. 2 seed Cleveland Cavaliers. Teague went directly to the locker room... [More]

G Jimmy Butler scored a game-high 25 points against the Nets as the Bulls earned the No. 8 playoff seed. "We all did our job to get us into the playoffs. Now it's about winning some games. We've just got to stick together and focus on ourselves."

G Jimmy Butler hit his shots and did his usual thing on offense, but in a game the Chicago Bulls absolutely needed, their defensive inconsistencies appeared at the most inopportune time.Butler produced another big game with 33 points, but the Bulls were done in by a poor first half and an even worse final 4 1/2 minutes, resulting in a 107-106 loss to the Brooklyn Nets.Butler went 12 of 22 from the floor and scored 20 points after halftime.

G Jimmy Butler filled in at point guard for an injured Rajon Rondo and contributed his second triple-double of the season -- 19 points, 10 rebounds and 10 assists -- as the Bulls beat Philadelphia 102-90. The triple-double was also the fourth of his career. "I'm dialed in -- not numbers-wise, because I know (where) I want to take this team," Butler said. "I know these guys count on me to show up every single night, and that's what I'm trying to do down the stretch."

G Jimmy Butler scored 26 points in a 100-91 loss to the Knicks. "We didn't come out with the fire that we needed to," Butler said. "They came out like they were playing for something and we didn't. They whipped our tail in every aspect of the game." Butler was named the NBA's Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the third time this season. He is the first Bull to earn three Player of the Week honors since Michael Jordan in 1997-98.

F/G Jimmy Butler scored 25 of his game-high 39 points in the first half and logged a team-high 39 minutes to power the Chicago Bulls to a 117-110 victory over the New Orleans Pelicans on Sunday at the Smoothie King Center."Yeah, I'm dialed in," Butler said after leading Chicago (38-39) to its fourth straight victory and fifth in six games. "I think I'm rolling and playing well and doing what my team needs me to do, and we're winning, so at the end of the day, that's all that matters."Butler scored 25 points in the second half against the Hawks on Saturday, including the Bulls' final nine points. He showed no signs of weariness on the second game of a back-to-back, torching the Pelicans for 25 points in the first half on 9-of-11 shooting.Butler was 14 of 26 from the floor and added six rebounds and five assists.

F/G Jimmy Butler capped his 33-point performance by making two free throws with 2.1 seconds remaining Saturday against the Hawks. Butler poured in 25 points in the second half and scored the Bulls' final nine points of the contest. "He was phenomenal," coach Fred Hoiberg said. "Jimmy did everything again."

F/G Jimmy Butler finished with 25 points as the Bulls completed a season sweep of the Cleveland Cavaliers with a 99-93 victory Thursday night.

F/G Jimmy Butler contributed 20 points and a career-high 14 assists Sunday in the Bulls' win at Milwaukee. He is averaging 12.3 assists over his past three games.

G Jimmy Butler finished with 16 points and 12 assists for his second double-double in as many games.

G Jimmy Butler had 37 points and 10 rebounds to lead Chicago in an overtime loss at Toronto on Tuesday.

F Jimmy Butler had 28 points for the Bulls (32-37), but missed the potential tying 3-pointer with 3.9 seconds left. Chicago shot 50 percent from the field and scored 67 points in the second half.

F Jimmy Butler scored 23 points, 11 assists and six rebounds Monday.

F Jimmy Butler had his third-lowest offensive output of the season with five points against Boston. Butler shot 2 of 11 from the field in the 22-point loss.

G Jimmy Butler added 16 points for Chicago, which fell to ninth in the Eastern Conference after the Milwaukee Bucks moved past the Bulls with a 99-85 win over the Indiana Pacers.

G Jimmy Butler led the Bulls with 21 points Wednesday in a loss at Orlando.

F Jimmy Butler led Chicago (31-32) with 27 points, nine rebounds and four assists.