Watch any network TV show and you’ll come across filler episodes. Most of the time, it’ll be an uninspired Case of the Week or Patient of the Week. Sometimes the show will sneak an important scene in at the end to make the episode still relevant in the grand scheme. Tonight’s Bulls-Sixers game was the […]
Continuing trends from their recent games, the Bulls played a ugly contest tonight with the Pistons in which they frittered away a large lead. The game began with an unremarkable hour or so of basketball, only marked by Reggie Jackson suffering what looked like a scary injury as he peeled around a pick on offense, […]
He might not win Rookie of the Year or Sixth Man of the Year, but Nikola Mirotic is proving he will, given the opportunity, be a difference maker for a contender come May and possibly June. With early production from Pau Gasol plus Jimmy Butler back in the lineup (and immediately back to playing 40 […]
The Bulls already stole a game against Oklahoma City in thrilling fashion, and while they hung around in this morning’s game, there was never a sense that they were set to sweep the season series with a team that’s faced as many injuries as they have. The first hour or so of action was par […]
This certainly wasn’t a pleasant game to watch as a Bulls fan, but just about all of the bad elements were to be expected. Playing a Sunday morning game is hard and that’s before removing the extra hour due to Daylight Savings Time. The start time simply exacerbated issues like turnovers and transition defense that have […]
When the Bulls mismanaged the PR portion of Derrick Rose’s meniscus injury and initially failed to note that it was likely just an expected maintenance procedure, the questions quickly turned from Rose’s career in a personal sense to “Can the Bulls trust Rose’s health enough to build around him going forward?” After three games, the appropriate […]
They were merely fine, then they were world-beaters, then they were the basketball version of a dog trying to walk around with a cone on its head, and now they seem back to themselves. This All-Star break has been a nice respite from an emotional roller coaster of a season for the Bulls. Let’s briefly […]
The Bulls have made a habit of losing the games they should win, while winning the games they should lose, but they went against the pattern last night, mounting another improbable comeback that came up short. Until a miracle three by Isaiah Thomas at the very end, the two sides played to a draw in […]
Last night’s loss to the Lakers was just the Bulls loss to [INSERT LOTTERY TEAM HERE]. It included: -A lazy start (L.A. had 59 points on 58.7% shooting in the first half), this time one they never really snapped out of, as they trailed by 15 in the second half and wouldn’t take a lead […]
OK, with a night to think, the question becomes: Did that really happen? Did the Bulls, down both starting wings, win a road contest in potentially the best home court in the league against the prohibitive title favorite? Nothing can be considered surprising anymore for a team that has woeful losses to Orlando, Utah, Boston, […]
