Rare is the Bulls game that is decided by the start of the fourth quarter. Blowouts in either direction this season have seen either Chicago hang around until deep in the fourth quarter or fail to properly close out poor teams. Saturday night in New Orleans was not one of those occassions. With Anthony Davis […]
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New Orleans Pelicans 88, Chicago Bulls 79: What did we learn?
So, that wasn’t much fun. The Chicago Bulls opened February with the kind of flat, ugly effort we really haven’t seen from them in the last month or so, losing on the road to the New Orleans Pelicans, 88-79. Let’s just get this over with and figure out what we learned. 1. If the Bulls […]
Chicago Bulls 79, New Orleans Pelicans 88: Bow to the Brow
Before I regale you with the immense statistical output Anthony Davis enjoyed tonight, remember that the Pelicans’ big man is still just 20 years old. Keep that in mind when you read his line against the Bulls – 24 points on 10-14 FG shooting, 8 rebounds, 6 blocks, 3 assists and three steals. Davis was […]
Game #46: Bulls at Pelicans Preview
The Bulls continue their six-game road trip with a stop in New Orleans as they seek to build on a solid win in San Antonio on Wednesday. With health finally improving enough to let Joakim Noah return and allow Jimmy Butler to look much more comfortable than he has late since battling through a string […]
Recap: Bulls fall to Pelicans in Triple Overtime
Well, not sure anyone could have expected that it was the Bulls-Pelicans game that was dead even after 60-plus minutes of action and Monday Night Football the 27 point blowout with backups finishing the game, and yet, that’s how last night panned out. Even the most hardcore proponents of tanking had to feel for the […]
New Orleans Pelicans 131, Chicago Bulls 128: What did we learn from the game that wouldn’t die?
Does anyone else think it’s unfair that the Chicago Bulls have had to play a total of four overtime periods since losing Derrick Rose? I mean, bad enough that we have to suffer through four quarters of Rose-less basketball, but adding overtime on top seems like cruel and unusual punishment. Anyway, the Bulls lost to […]
Bulls vs. Pelicans preview
Tonight, Anthony Davis makes his debut back in Chicago against Derrick Rose and the Bulls! Yeah, about that… If this game were on Sunday Night Football, it surely would have been flexed out. With Davis having broken his hand in a road win in Madison Square Garden last night and Rose out for the rest […]