The Bulls were down 21 points against the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday night, but a huge fourth quarter rally powered by Jimmy Butler put Chicago within striking distance. After Butler made another tough bucket late in the fourth quarter, Bulls announcer Stacey King got blasphemous.
Jimmy Butler hits game-winner, gets compared to Michael Jordan by announcer
Watch Butler’s game-winner.
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Ricky O'Donnell has covered basketball at all levels for more than a decade at SB Nation. He’s currently the Associate Director of Programming.
He compared Butler to Michael Jordan! In a preseason game!
After Dennis Schroeder hit a shot to put the Hawks up two points with 1.5 seconds left, the Bulls inbounded the ball to Butler, who hit a turnaround three-pointer to win the game.
STACEY KING KNEW.
UPDATE: Ohhhhh, here’s a cool in-stadium video:
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