We’ve seen this movie many times. The Bulls, devoid of true scorers, make just enough shots and just enough offensive plays to stay ahead while the defense makes the game pretty much unbearable for casual fans to watch. We got another rerun Saturday evening in Chicago. This time, the Kings were the paying customers as […]
With every emphatic and emotional home win comes the potential for a let-down game in the follow-up. It happened with the let-down against San Antonio – though that was against a good team – and it could happen again tonight against the lowly Sacramento Kings following Thursday’s big win against Houston. The Kings are destined […]
In the sheer mass of depression that was the Chicago Bulls’ 99-70 loss to the Sacramento Kings last night, and with Joakim Noah’s epic farewell to the referees after his ejection, it’s easy to overlook Tom Thibodeau trolling the crap out of Carlos Boozer. But we can’t pretend it didn’t happen. Unless you’ve been living […]
I certainly didn’t see this one coming. If you’d told me before the season started that this Bulls team — even without Derrick Rose and beset by several other injuries to key personnel — would get blown out by 42 points by a Sacramento Kings team that was 20 games below .500 and playing without […]
It’s always good to open the season with a win. But, as is usually the case, this game had plenty to like and dislike. Things to like: I loved the productivity of Joakim Noah (23 points, 10 rebounds, 5 steals, 3 assists, 3 blocks), Carlos Boozer (18 points, 8 boards, 2 assists, 1 steal, 1 […]
Last season, the Bulls lived through a waking nightmare. With 8:49 left in the third quarter of a home game against the Kings, John Salmons – remember him? — drilled an 11-footer to help the Bulls go up 79-44. For those who enjoy simple math, that represented a 35-point lead with less than 21 minutes to go. Completely and utterly insurmountable, right? Sadly, […]
Sacramento Kings Status Check: Record: 17-51 Division: 5-8 Conference: 11-31 Road Record: 8-24 Last 10 Games: 2-8 Streak: Won 1 Last game: Won 127-95 over Timberwolves PPG: 98.8 (18th) Opponents PPG: 104.2 (24th) Offensive Rating: 103.3 (25th) Defensive Rating: 108.9 (19th) Pace: 95.0 (4th) Effective Field Goal Percentage: .478 (26th) Turnover Percentage: .144 (27th) Defensive […]
Last night, the Bulls beat the Kings. For the record, the Kings have lost 10 of their last 11 games and were clobbered 100-82 by the Clippers during their last outing. By beating a bad team, Chicago wrapped up their seven-game circus road trip with a 4-3 record, a mere one game over .500. In many ways, what they accomplished doesn’t seem like a […]
After being one-upped in the all-important “Cap Space Race” by the Miami Heat — who created extra financial flexibility by trading Daequan Cook and their first round pick in last night’s draft — the Bulls countered by reportedly agreeing to send Kirk Hinrich and the 17th pick to the Washington Wizards for (you guessed it!) extra financial […]
The Bulls might not want Tyrus Thomas anymore…but almost everybody else does. At least that’s how it seems. And thanks to the way Thomas recently freaked out on Vinny Del Negro – not to mention how he claimed to have no regrets about freaking out – potential trade partners are crawling from under rocks and out of dark […]
