Hello again! Hope y’all had a nice All-Star Weekend. It’s good to be back, especially after the Chicago Bulls continued their bizarre success this season with a 94-92 win over the Toronto Raptors last night. The Bulls, of course, hadn’t played since they beat the Brooklyn Nets six days prior, and facing the only team […]
For anyone fortunate enough to be able to miss this game, good job. The Bulls shot 36 percent from the field and amassed just 77 points, their fourth sub-80 point game in their last four and third consecutive loss. It was awful from top to bottom – Toronto led early on and never really looked […]
It is generally accepted there are five stages of grief: Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression and Acceptance. Chicago has gone through the stages since Rose went down in Portland several weeks ago. There was a blowout loss in Los Angeles while the team and the fanbase refused to accept the idea Rose was gone for the […]
Playing without Derrick Rose for the first time in six game—an entire six game!—the Bulls capitalized on an ugly shooting night from all but one of the Raptors to claim their first road win of the year and avoid starting 0-4 away from home for the first time in five years. With about five minutes […]
The Good: The Bulls won for the sixth time in their last eight games, pushed their Eastern Conference-leading road record to 11-5, and stayed hot on the heels of the Indiana Pacers for the Central Division lead. The Bad: Instead of taking care of business against a bad team — and Toronto (14-25) is a […]
Toronto Raptors Status Check: Record: 20-54 Division: 4-9 Conference: 12-32 Road Record: 6-31 Last 10 Games: 3-7 Streak: Lost 5 Last game: Lost 104-98 to Milwaukee PPG: 99.3 (17th) Opponents PPG: 105.6 (26th) Offensive Rating: 105.7 (21st) Defensive Rating: 112.4 (30th) Pace: 93.4 (10th) Effective Field Goal Percentage: .491 (21st) Turnover Percentage: .138 (22nd) Defensive […]
Well…that was a real bummer. Joakim Noah’s return was supposed to mean great things for the Bulls. Darkness was going to become sunlight and pure evil was supposed to transform into delicious candy. The blind would see and the lame would walk. Instead, the Bulls were beaten by a Raptors team that had lost 18 of its […]
Toronto Raptors Status Check: Record: 15-42 Division: 4-7 Conference: 9-27 Home Record: 10-18 Last 10 Games: 2-8 Streak: Lost 2 Last game: Lost 101-114 to Charlotte Bobcats PPG: 98.7 (16th) Opponents PPG: 104.6 (23rd) Offensive Rating: 105.3 (22nd) Defensive Rating: 111.7 (29th) Pace: 93.5 (10th) Effective Field Goal Percentage: .489 (20th) Turnover Percentage: .138 (21st) […]
As I’ve mentioned before, blowing out bad teams is a key quality of truly good teams. Well, that’s what the Bulls did last night, addressing their recent so-so play in the process. The Bulls dominated pretty much every meaningful statistical category. They shot 53 percent from the field. They won the rebounding battle 44-33 (including a […]
Toronto Raptors Status Check: Record: 11-22 Division: 4-5 Conference: 8-13 Road Record: 4-12 Last game: Lost 93-79 to the Celtics Last 10 Games: 3-7 PPG: 100.2 (11th) Opponents PPG: 104.4 (25th) Offensive Rating: 105.9 (16th) Defensive Rating: 110.3 (27th) Pace: 94.6 (6th) Effective Field Goal Percentage: .492 (16th) Turnover Percentage: .146 (25th) Defensive Rebound Percentage: .744 […]
