Raise your hand if you thought, after hitting rock bottom against the Orlando Magic, the Bulls would beat the top two teams in the Eastern Conference in back-to-back games? Yeah, I didn’t think so. After taking care of the Celtics on Monday, the Bulls kicked off their six-game road trip with a 118-113 win over the Milwaukee Bucks in Chicago…
Just when they thought they were out. It seemed like the sky was falling. But the Bulls found a way to beat the first-place Celtics 121-107 on Monday night, snapping their four-game losing streak and resetting the vibes prior to their long road trip. “Games like this, we realize we can compete with anybody,” DeMar DeRozan said after the game…
It’s hard to state that a mid-November game was a must win, but it’s hard to ignore that things are beginning to unravel. After losing to the Magic 108-107 on the back of a Jalen Suggs game-winning three-pointer, the Bulls fall to 6-10 on the year. They have dropped four-in-a-row and six-of-seven. Despite another miserable start to the game, the…
After three days of platitudes about effort and energy, the Chicago Bulls again laid an egg. The New Orleans Pelicans put the hammer down in the third quarter, outscoring the Bulls 37-25 and building their lead up to as many as 19. The Bulls had no answers on the road, and looked disinterested in trying to find any. Eventually, they…
The Bulls had three days off between games. It felt like three months. The Denver Nuggets came into the United Center and beat the Bulls 126-103 pushing the Bulls to 6-8 in the midst of their tough November stretch. “It’s unacceptable,” Zach LaVine said after the game. “From all of us. One through 15. Coaching staff. Everybody. We got our…
The Bulls held a 97-93 lead with 5:07 to go in the fourth quarter on Wednesday night but ended up losing by four. After their slow decline, the Bulls had a chance to get within one or tie with 17 seconds to go. They had the ball sideline out of bounds after a timeout and this was the result: “I…
After taking a beating Sunday night in Toronto, the Bulls bounced back Monday night in their second of a two-game set with the Raptors. The Raptors double teaming killed the Bulls on Sunday and Monday night , but it’s not the only time this has happened. DeRozan sees double team’s at the sixth highest rate in the NBA. And the…
In a competitive game throughout, the Bulls fell to the Toronto Raptors 113-104 on Sunday night. The Raptors’ aggressive style dictated the pace and the Bulls ultimately struggled to find efficient offense in the final stretch. The Bulls are now 5-6 on the season. Zach LaVine (knee injury management) sat out on the first night of a back-to-back against the…
On the third game in four nights, the Bulls were unable to leverage DeRozan’s 46-point performance into a win against the Boston Celtics on Friday night, falling 123-119 to the reigning Eastern Conference champs. This was a competitive game wire-to-wire and showed that this Bulls team isn’t going to fold against top competition this year. Still, they fall to an…
On the second night of a back-to-back, the Bulls secure a victory over the Charlotte Hornets 106-88. Despite a poor shooting performance from the Bulls two best players, Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan, the rest of the team picked up the slack and took care of business. Here are six takeaways from Wednesday night’s game: 1. Zach LaVine back-to-back Zach…