ORLANDO, Fla. -- Pau Gasol has something that the rest of his teammates cannot grasp at this point in their careers -- championship perspective.

The 14-year veteran is the only member of the Chicago Bulls who has been a star contributor on a team that won an NBA championship. So as the Bulls creep closer to the postseason and try to find their way in the middle of an emotional up-and-down season, one that reached another high point during Sunday night's last-minute comeback 98-97 win over the Orlando Magic, Gasol offered a somber reminder for his teammates over the final 30 regular-season games.

This Bulls team was built to win now, so there should be a sense of urgency.

Pau Gasol had 25 points and 15 rebounds along with the game-winning putback slam in the closing seconds to beat Orlando. Reinhold Matay/USA TODAY Sports

"It's hard to understand for younger guys that haven't been around as much," said the 34-year-old Gasol, who won two NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers. "So yeah, the windows are small. And when you have a gap, you got to go for it with everything you've got. Otherwise somebody else will. It's just plain and simple. If it's not you, it's going to be somebody else. It just comes down to how bad do you want it?"

The Bulls continue to show glimpses that they want it bad, but do they want it badly enough? They deserve credit for winning Sunday's game despite trailing by six points in the final 36.6 seconds, but the Magic have lost 38 games for a reason. Had it not been for a litany of mistakes by a young Orlando squad, the Bulls would have lost to a terrible team yet again. Just how unlikely was a Bulls victory down six with 36.6 seconds remaining? According to ESPN Stats & Information research, teams down six with 30-40 seconds remaining were 17-1,376 over the past 15 seasons going into Sunday's games. The Bulls won No. 18.

The Bulls were happy to have earned a win, but Gasol -- who had 25 points, 15 rebounds and the eventual game-winner with a rebound dunk of a Derrick Rose miss with 9.4 seconds remaining -- didn't mince words in regards to how his team should be feeling.

"I think it's too early," Gasol said of taking a step forward. "I think [Saturday in a rout of the New Orleans Pelicans] we did a really good job. That was a step forward. Today we started off like it was going to be another step forward, but it was almost a step back. Let's face it, we got away with one here.

"Again, it's a pattern. It's something that keeps happening and we need to be aware. Just because we won tonight -- now we got two home games that we need to win. We need to win. There's no way around it. We got to do better at home, we got to come out with fire, and that's what we need to do as a team, as a group, individuals and collectively."

As the Bulls return home for nine of the next 10 at the United Center, beginning with the Sacramento Kings on Tuesday, swingman Jimmy Butler believes his team is playing with a little more urgency these days.

"Definitely," he said. "Before you know it, the All-Star break is going to be over and then 30-something games left. Then it's playoff time so there's no time for mistakes and letups. We need to correct everything now."

After six straight games on the road, it's hard to see any kind of major progress. The Bulls dominated the Pelicans on Saturday night only after Anthony Davis injured his shoulder. They won Sunday night's game only because the Magic disintegrated down the stretch. The only consistency over the past month for the Bulls is that they've been inconsistent. But in this year, after two wins on the road, Bulls coach Tom Thibodeau will take them any way he can get them.

"The thing is if you want to be a good team, you're going to have to find different ways to win and that's what I did like about tonight," Thibodeau said. "Down six with 30 seconds, you got to find a way to win, and that's what we did. We had some good fortune, but we made it go our way. Hopefully we can get home, gather ourselves and get ready for the next one."