Bulls Blowout Grizzlies in Back-to-Back Wins

Bulls Blowout Grizzlies in Back-to-Back Wins

All right see that’s how you’re supposed to win a game against a team you should beat that is short-handed and one of the worst teams in the NBA no disrespect to the Grizzlies because they’ve actually been playing hard despite being without jaw Desmond Bane Marcus Smart and Steven

Adams but come on now this is a game in which you should put the team away early and give your starter some rest and I feel like lately when we have been seeing the Bulls go up against some of the worst teams in the league like we

Saw more recently against the Spurs or the Hornets or even in the last game against the Raptors who were now rebuilding they would let these teams hang around and play down to their competition but tonight I feel like we got our first comfortable well-handled win it wasn’t a good start to the game

In fact it was a really bad first quarter for both teams and there was even a stretch where the Grizzlies went on a run after halftime and took the lead and you thought here we go again the Bulls are going to take this one to

The wire and make us sweat the whole way but luckily after that quick lead by the Grizzlies the Bulls went on a 24-4 run and never really looked back after that a needed win against a a depleted team before they head out west for some tough

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Now of course no Zack LaVine in this one as you probably saw as first reported by sham Shania he’ll miss between one to two weeks after spraining his ankle in the second half of that game against the rappers which is just really unfortunate especially when Zach was finally

Starting to get his rhythm back and also for the Bulls and his trade value as we near closer and closer to the deadline but we’ll put that aside for the moment but with no Zack LaVine this was a time for other guys guys to step up and take

On more of the scoring front with Zach being out instead of placing all that burden on deardo Rosen and so many guys showed up well tonight in Zach’s absence very balanced scoring guys were Distributing the ball well you saw possessions where multiple players would get a touch with a quick release of a

Pass or a shot the ball wasn’t sticking in guy’s hands the effort was there the energy was there again I hate to be so cliche about it but it was a allaround great team basketball effort and you could see in the body language of the players out there having a good time

Laughing with one another Vibes were good and as long as I’m continuing to see that and not a regression to what we saw at the start of the season that’s all I really care about talking about even distribution of scoring shot attempts touches I mean you had seven

Players and double figures tonight for the Bulls very rare considering Billy Don’s rotations are very thin with about N9 men deep the production Off the Bench was great and really lifting the Bulls over the top and sparking this big run the defense tonight was on point Bulls were hounding the glass getting Second

Chance opportunities they outrebounded to the Grizzlies 52-32 you know one of the things we talked about recently it was in that game against the Cavs you know the math problem right how it’s very hard to beat your opponent and win on a consistent basis when your opponent gets considerable more possessions than you

Do and shot attempts the Bulls for a stretch were giving up way too many offensive rebounds in their recent games and you had teams that were shooting worse than they were from a percentage standpoint but they were getting 10 to 15 more shots than the Bulls were

Tonight the Bulls had 91 shots compared to the Grizzlies 75 they shot 52% from the field they hit more threes than the Grizzlies despite not taking as many this of course against a Grizzlies team since losing John Bane have just been jacking up threes and have actually been

Hitting them at a decent rate they’re one of the better three-point shooting teams as a result of it but tonight the gley shot very poorly from three at just 31% which speaks well to the Bulls perimeter defense and staying after the Grizzlies from outside since we knew

That was really going to be their only Avenue for offense when they they’re so short-handed Bulls 32 assists tonight again good things happen and it usually leads to a win when they have 30 or more assists 32 assists and only 11 turnovers both continue to be one of the best

Teams in the NBA in their overall turnover rate and with those assist numbers going up their assist to turnover ratio continues to get better as well the other good things about tonight about the fact that because the Bulls took care of business and closing out the third quarter strong Alex Caruso

And Nichola vich didn’t even have to play in the fourth quarter giving them some aded rest they both only played 25 minutes vuvi was efficient in his 25 minutes 11 points on five for eight shooting 11 boards and three assists Alex Caruso still showing that stroke from three another couple of steals and

A block was plus 18 on the night uh Kobe white he was left in the game a little longer than I would have liked same with dear but I’ll leave that be since neither of them got injured but Kobe another guy in double figure 17 points 7

For 14 from the floor five rebounds five assists and then demard de rzan 18 points didn’t have the most efficient shooting night going seven for 20 but he did contribute offensively with his playmaking which we’ve seen him do more and more when Zach isn’t in the lineup eight assist tonight for dear leading

The team in that category and then Patrick Williams getting the start tonight with no Zac LaVine Pat was solid I mean he struggled a little to start the game Billy pulled him early because he was missing some Closeouts and wasn’t being as aggressive as he would like for

Him to be but then Pat did finally start picking it up a bit and was showing more aggression you what I think has been good to see from Pat is his continued ability to hit the three ball more consistently given how poorly he started the season shooting it from Deep when he

Was around 20% or whatever it was back up to his usual 41% now and tonight he was three for seven from three 15 points five rebounds two Steals and a block but the starters aside I actually wanted to focus more on the bench tonight because it’s rare to have three guys coming off

The bench in double figures and I’ve got to start with aumu you know talking about who’s going to be that next man up with Zach being out that was out tonight who was phenomenal 20 points off the bench 7even for 10 from the floor three for five from three six rebound bounds

Four assists a steal and a block was a team High plus 28 in this game it was the hustle the effort being aggressive playing off the ball and on the ball high motor on both ends of the floor I mean when you have one of your 20 point

Per game scores out of the lineup in Zach to be able to have someone like IO come in who’s averaging under 10 points per game and do all the little things the team needs him to do to help win is so key what a bounceback season it’s

Been for iow and he’s going to get more of these opportunities over the next couple weeks with Zack LaVine being out oh and how about Javon Carter you know I mean I know a lot of people have been going in on Javon recently saying he’s been a big disappointment of a free

Agency signing and while yes some of that is true give him credit that he stays ready no matter the circumstance in the rotation out of the rotation getting three minutes like he did the other night against the Raptors tonight he was contributing in meaningful ways 12 points five for seven from the floor

Hit a couple of Threes also five assists which is rare for Carter who really isn’t known for his playmaking and then of course Andre Drummond stepped up big time coming off the bench and bullying the younger smaller Grizzlies 15 points 10 rebounds dude also had four steals in

This one oh and I shouldn’t forget Dal Terry either who has continued to show signs of improvement now that he’s finally getting some meaningful minutes played 18 minutes in this one was a plus 17 in those minutes 7 points five rebounds and three assists sometimes these guys just need to play and for

Terry he’s going to get more run in the rotation with guys being out of the lineup so yes a much needed win before a West Coast trip in which the Bulls will take on these Suns Lakers and Blazers in that order so good for the Bulls to take

Care of business get this win before taking on a Suns team that has been playing much better recently Bulls only two games now two games below 500 they are only two games back behind the magic for eighth in the East and four games behind the six seed if the Bulls can

Somehow avoid that playing that would be huge but still a long ways to go before getting there anyway let me know what you guys thought of this game let me know in the comments as always be sure to subscribe and I’ll see you in the next one h

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