Chicago Bulls head coach Jim Boylen had plenty of praise for Zach LaVine after his magnificent performance against the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday night:

“I've always said Zach is a really good guy, and a good person and he wants to do well,” Boylen said, per Richard Walker of The Associated Press. “He wants to help the team. … My job is to push the guy to a place he can't take himself and that happens sometimes with tough conversations, meetings and maybe some uncomfortable moments but that's what my job is. The credit needs to go to him and his focus, energy and his effort.

“He is always good when we coach him and talk to him. He wants to play better, I want him to play better and I am really happy for him.”

The difference a day makes.

All of these fragrant words from Boylen came just 24 hours after he benched his star guard and criticized him for his defense. LaVine clearly wasn't happy with Boylen's assessment, but eventually spoke about their respective issues with each other.

The conversation seemed to spark LaVine, who had himself a career game with 49 points and 13 three-pointers against the Hornets. Apart from his abundance of points and triples, LaVine also made the biggest shot of the night.

He drained the go-ahead 3-pointer with less than a second remaining to complete Chicago's come-from-behind effort in what was one of the wildest endings in a game this season.

The Hornets looked like they were well on their way to a great home win with a five-point cushion with 14 seconds remaining. A quick triple by Tomas Satoransky then cut the lead to two with eight ticks to go.

The Bulls then trapped the inbounds play and forced a turnover from Charlotte. LaVine picked up the ball, stepped back beyond the arc, and rose up for the trey that was cash money.