“I plead the fifth”, Butler said. “He did it in a way that was critical for us and just played an incredible second half for our team”. “And that just, missing those shots, I think our energy got a little low, and we just couldn’t get good defensive stops”.
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Browns fire coach Mike Pettine, general manager Ray Farmer
Not good for a first-round pick and likely a big reason why Farmer is out and why Pettine might be relieved to be gone. The odds of the new coach lasting more than two seasons are slim because, after all, this is the Cleveland Browns.
Jimmy Butler exited the Bulls’ Sunday afternoon tilt with the Raptors midway through the second quarter after busting open his lip.
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His coach was in awe of Butler’s outing.
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And this is what the manager said about the English player’s feat: “It’s incredible , and at the age of 30 years”. We were lucky it was wide of our goal because it was a very good header and he was free”, the 64 year-old added.
Toronto’s back-to-back home wins helped it inch closer to the top spot in the Eastern Conference standings with a 21-13 record, now just 2.5 games behind the leading Cleveland Cavaliers (22-9).
Butler’s own teammates, who see him on a daily basis, were having trouble putting into words exactly what they saw from their teammate.
Forwards Pau Gasol and Nikola Mirotic scored 17 points apiece, and forward Bobby Portis contributed 16 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
Afflalo was 14 for 17 from the field and 7 for 8 from 3-point range, making his first seven attempts and nearing his career best of 43 points. DeRozan’s lone contest failing to reach 20 points in the last dozen was at Chicago on Monday, when he was limited to 19 points in 36 minutes.BUZZER BEATERS1.
Butler poured in 21 points in the third, including a pullup jumper with 32 seconds left in the frame that pulled the Bulls to within six points with one quarter left.
The Knicks missed their first 10 shots and needed nearly four minutes to score their first points, a layup for rookie Kristaps Porzingis with 8:05 left in the opening quarter.
Carmelo Anthony scored 20 points for NY, which has dropped five of six.
Faried is averaging 12.6 points and 9.7 rebounds this season.
The teams meet again Tuesday in Atlanta.
HEAT 97, WIZARDS 75 (at Washington) – Chris Bosh scored 23 points, Goran Dragic had 18, and Miami dominated undermanned Washington. After a quiet first half that saw him take just four shots for two points, he erupted in the second half for 40 (forty!) points on 15-for-23 shooting (including 2-for-3 from three and 10-for-11 from the line). And his final field goal of the game, fittingly, was a three-pointer he launched over Carroll with 31 seconds left that gave Chicago its first lead since early in the second quarter.
Brooklyn Nets point guard Jarrett Jack will miss the rest of the season after an MRI revealled he had a torn ACL and a partially torn MCL in his right knee, the team announced Sunday.
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Meanwhile, the Bulls who recently had an issue involving new head coach Fred Hoiberg, are heading to the game riding a three-game winning streak.
