In a way, this felt like the first time we’ve actually seen the Bulls all season. Their offense hasn’t been this easy on the eyes in eons (per Basketball Reference, the wacky 2011-2012 lockout season is the only year Chicago has had a top ten offense in the Post-Jordan Era), but the Bulls under Tom […]
While each game was periodically slow and occasionally agonizing, in a macro sense, the end was swift and merciful for the 2013-2014 Chicago Bulls. No going home for a winner-take-all Game 7 against the Wizards, or attempting to fend off elimination in Game 6 versus Indiana, just a meager 69 points scored at home in […]
This was a familiar tale for the Chicago Bulls as yet again the defense couldn’t bail out shockingly poor offense. Taj Gibson scored a career-high 32 points and it didn’t really matter – no other Bull scored more than 16 points. Gibson finished 13-16 from the field. Chicago shot 35-78 from the floor including 4-19 […]
Tip: 1pm ET, Verizon Center, Washington D.C. The Bulls have taken a beating from the Washington Wizards over two of the first three games of this series. This afternoon they can deliver a punch of their own, drawing the series level and restoring homecourt advantage. Chicago avoided what amounts to elimination by winning Game 3 […]
In a year full of insane games, with not one but two triple overtime games, Joakim Noah triple doubles and The D.J. Augustin Experience, tonight’s season-saving 100-97 win in Washington takes its place alongside them at the very top (I’ll avoid invoking a certain four-headed national monument). The four main takeaways from the game: 1. […]
Game 1 of this series was a self-contained entity. Nene and Marcin Gortat were great, while D.J. Augustin going 3-15 meant the Bulls had nowhere to turn for offense. There were tactical adjustments to be made. Should the Bulls get more aggressive defending midrange jumpers? How does that impact allowing the corner three pointers Washington […]
The quick version of this game: The Bulls got down big, hung on by the hair on their chinny-chin-chin, took the lead and controlled the second half before blowing another lead. Washington called a very poor final play, ending with Joakim Noah and Jimmy Butler defending a Bradley Beal fadeaway. Chicago’s inability to score had […]
As noted in yesterday’s post, Nene was a destructive force in Game 1, but seeing as the Bulls contained John Wall and his trio of perimeter shooters rather well, defense is not where the game was lost. They faltered down the stretch on the offensive end of the floor. For Chicago to even the series, […]
Chicago’s 102-93 loss at home to the Wizards in Game 1 wasn’t demoralizing so much because they lost a close game (the Bulls get in so many of them it’s hard to get worked up over just one of them) but because they had it. Leading by about a dozen over the first half of the […]
The Bulls gave a performance tonight that was anything one could want and more. With both teams on a back-to-back, Chicago put their imprint on the game early, despite being the road team, and delivered a haymaker right off the bat, and in the process extended their league-best winning streak to five. They were absolutely […]
