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VIDEO: Butler makes heroic save after flummoxing LeBron with perfect post D

David Banks / USA TODAY Sports

LeBron James has been flexing and preening and staring down the Chicago Bulls throughout Game 3 of the Eastern Conference semis.

He's earned the right to do so with some slick passing (moving himself into fourth all time in playoff assists) and some vicious dunks, but on one crucial possession late in the third quarter, Bulls swingman Jimmy Butler scored one for the home side.

Butler refused to concede an inch to James in the post, making a clean challenge on his one-handed turnaround, then leaping to corral the rebound and saving the ball from going out of bounds before being fouled by a clearly frustrated James.

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