#Houston Rockets at Chicago Bulls
United Center- Chicago, IL
[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401585151/rockets-bulls)
[TV/Radio](https://reddit.com/r/chicagobulls/comments/193ndi9/game_thread_houston_rockets_1817_at_chicago_bulls/khacznf/)
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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|
||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|OT1|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|HOU |24|30|29|29|7|119|
|CHI |28|34|32|18|12|124|
###Player Stats
**Houston Rockets**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. Tate|17:52|3|1-3|0-2|1-2|1|1|2|0|0|0|0|1|-13
|J. Smith Jr.|47:25|18|7-14|4-9|0-0|2|13|15|1|0|1|2|3|8
|A. Sengun|41:11|25|11-19|0-3|3-8|2|7|9|5|2|0|2|5|-8
|J. Green|39:33|18|8-19|2-7|0-1|1|5|6|8|1|0|2|2|-4
|F. VanVleet|42:09|20|7-19|3-14|3-4|0|6|6|10|1|3|2|3|-10
|C. Whitmore|32:58|16|6-12|2-5|2-2|1|4|5|1|2|0|1|1|-3
|A. Holiday|11:14|4|1-3|0-1|2-2|1|1|2|0|2|0|2|0|-1
|A. Thompson|13:36|6|3-7|0-3|0-0|0|2|2|3|1|0|2|2|3
|J. Green|18:59|9|4-5|0-1|1-1|1|2|3|1|0|0|1|1|3
**Chicago Bulls**
|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|A. Caruso|32:17|12|3-10|2-9|4-6|2|4|6|3|1|1|0|3|-9
|D. DeRozan|42:31|19|5-19|3-6|6-6|0|4|4|4|0|0|1|2|-9
|N. Vucevic|40:30|18|9-17|0-5|0-0|3|12|15|3|0|1|0|4|16
|Z. LaVine|41:14|25|8-15|4-8|5-6|1|12|13|7|3|1|4|5|15
|C. White|43:17|30|9-17|6-11|6-7|0|4|4|8|0|1|4|1|15
|P. Williams|28:37|5|2-6|1-3|0-0|0|0|0|1|3|0|2|2|9
|A. Dosunmu|18:01|8|3-8|2-4|0-0|2|2|4|3|0|0|0|0|-5
|A. Drummond|12:30|4|2-2|0-0|0-0|0|0|0|1|2|0|3|1|-11
|D. Terry|6:03|3|1-1|1-1|0-0|0|0|0|1|0|0|0|1|4
###Team Stats
|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|HOU|48-101|11-45|12-20|29|18|9|14|4|9|41|60|
|CHI|42-95|19-47|21-25|31|19|9|14|4|8|38|58|
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Utter basketball malpractice to end regulation. DeMar was cold all night but gets to iso while our leading scorer with 5+ threes made and 27+ pts is sent to the corner. Even after a timeout, we didn’t try to set anything up to pressure the defense. Just another DeMar iso.
DeMar needs to look in the mirror and Billy needs to hold him accountable
Another easy win.
#BEEP BEEP
**SUITE LIFE OF ZACH AND COBY**
Statement game from Zach. Active on both ends of the floor. Coby should be handling the ball the majority of the game in regulation. His handles are tight and he makes good decisions with the ball.
Y’all will give us our dues deservedly but lemme just say:
Sengun’s showing tonight is the worst part of this league. He had a horrible time to start, and then just did everything he could to win the game without playing the game. You’d think this guy broke his nose 15 times and the refs agreed. It’s absurd, this crew is giving superstar calls to Sengun. Every flop went his way while DeMar was “selling” after the whistle.
Every team has their nights, us included, but I literally cannot hear bullshit like “DeMar is just a pump fake seller” or “zach is only a 3pt guy and yells ‘AYO’ too much” when there are common performances like this.
I don’t know how much Billy gets paid to say “inbound to Demar” at the end of games, but it’s too much. Why we just stop running the offense at the end of games blows my fucking mind. Just a bad game from Demar and we insisted on running the same dumbass shit over and over instead of just running the offense that got us to the lead.
If we had this Zach every game I wouldn’t want to trade him…first 3 quarters were great ball…turned it over like it was his job in the 4th, but altogether a great game….some huge shots in OT.
A flopping tech on a correct call is fucking insane.
Coby is actually him. I’m prepared to sell off anyone over 25. Give this kid all the space he needs…fuck it…maybe you keep Vucevic because that PnR has looked great over this stretch. The kid deserves to have these opportunities at the end of games.
I fucking hate how Coby gets sidelined and Pat is on the bench to fight for an 8th seed…these two should be the priority.
#The Suite of Life is back!
Lavine absolutely saved OT, so did Coby
Billy Donovan and DeMar at the end of regulation though… yikes. Can’t be reverting back to what failed earlier in the season
3 in a row! Man the refs were on one down the stretch tho.
Hopefully we can take advantage of GSW falling apart and get another W.
Drummond bounce back game incoming!
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Edit: welcome back to the Suite Life!
if billy can’t enforce the right coaching on this team he shouldn’t be the goddamn coach.
Vuc can’t be in the game if he’s getting cooked every play.
Demar can’t be taking iso possessions late into the game when he’s shooting 30%.
Coby is the PG – he needs to be taking the ball up every possession.
we played an amazing 3.5 quarters and it all fell apart because they abused matchups and we refused to take the ball out of an aging player’s hands.
edit. zach was incredible. maybe his best performance as a bull.
“Coby White has arrived!”
—Stacey King
Shout out to Zach for his rebounding and defensive effort
Coby White.
Coby White is my hero
If Zach stays i hope he and DeMar dont play at the same time because we play atrocious with both of them
19 3’s!
Shine Coby shine
Look at me Demar, Coby White is the captain now.
When do we realize it’s not on the players, but maybe the coaching is terrible?
the fact that it had to go to OT is a shame and an indictment on Billy’s shit stretch coaching. However last year’s Bulls would’ve laid down. I’ll take the W. Suite life with 9 points in one minute in OT to save our bacon
I was kind of hoping Zach would get a triple double, but I loved his defensive effort and rebounding this game. He played like a winning player tonight. He can show that he can play off-ball with Coby as the lead guard. I’m here for it! Bulls win, we’re back baby!
Dawgg I hate every single one of you fucks who hate on Lavine
Zach pulled up in overtime and said fuck you
Please trade demar and vooch I’m on my knees begging right now they are some ass that don’t help the team win
Bulls’ next ten games: vs. GSW, @ SAS, **@ CLE**, @ TOR, vs. MEM, **@ PHO**, **@ LAL**, @ POR, vs. TOR, @ CHA. Teams in bold are either at or above .500.
Seven road games which will definitely take a toll, but a massive chance to get back above .500 on the season and cement a play-in spot.
I wish we could convert Demar into a 6th man role Ala Westbrook with the Clippers and let him lead the second unit. The team would be better off.
The 4th quarter shenanigans were a team effort. Drummond had his worse game of the season, including a very costly sequence of 3 TOs that killed momentum right after we hit our largest lead. Zach also had 3 TOs on a couple bad passes and that charge call. Demar took some ill advised middies. Defense got a little lazy. Reffing got a little questionable.
But I love the resilience to win it anyway, and the 3.5ish quarters of generally great basketball tonight. Clean up the details and keep it rolling.