Coby White Balls Out, But Not Enough in Loss vs Cavs

Coby White Balls Out, But Not Enough in Loss vs Cavs

I know it’s easy to crack jokes about the Bulls being competitive given aka’s comments at his press conference post trade deadline and we’ve all made sarcastic comments about it here and there saying hey at least the Bulls have been competitive but that game last night against the Caps was as

Competitive as they come and the reason I found this one more impressive than the games we’ve seen since the trade deadline is that the bulls actually played well against one of the hottest teams in the NBA one of the best defensive teams in the league going into

Last night the Cavs were what 15 and three since the start of the new year they’ve finally been fully healthy and have been absolutely balling and climbing their way up to second in the Eastern Conference but give the Bulls a lot of credit in this game they held

Their own and really aside from a few missteps at the end of the game and as well as some bad calls they had this one for the taking and would have been a big win going into the All-Star break to get a win on the road in Cleveland and

Finding themselves just one game below 500 but even despite the loss there were a lot of things I like seeing from this game and even though I hate using this phrase especially when it’s this deep into the season but a moral Victory if there ever was one this was it some not

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As well as on the Community page but the reason I didn’t put out a video on the game last night was because I wanted to spend some time with my wife for Valentine’s Day if the Bulls had one eh maybe it would have been a different

Story and I would have tried to eek out a video before date night but it was good to just have the night off and not focus on basketball so that’s why the video is coming out a little bit late hope you all understand that now like I

Mentioned this was one of the better Bulls losses we have seen on the season and it really boiled down to the bulls having a few miscues at the end of the game now surprisingly in this one the bulls actually started this game out very strong opened up the game on an 80

Run had a very strong showing in the first quarter and we playing great defense kept the Cavs overall scoring down in the first quarter forcing a lot of turnovers to them the Bulls were moving the ball around well getting good shots up and at one point the Bulls led

By as many as 17 in the second quarter but no lead is ever safe in today’s NBA and even by halftime the Cavs were able to whittle that down to just six that said the Bulls never really led up going in the second half really throughout the whole second half the game remained

Close neither team led by more than five points from the fourth quarter on both teams battled you heard players from both teams mentioning it in the post game that this was a playoff type atmosphere environment it really felt that way now now here’s what I take issue with in this game the officiating

Was not good let’s be clear on that and I’m not normally one to complain about officiating but in the second half they really started letting the refs control the game and I’ll be honest it was on both ends the Bulls weren’t getting calls initially when Drummond was

Getting hammered in the paint guys were getting hit on moving screens that weren’t getting called Billy got fed up with all the calls and ended up getting a te himself which is rare and then on the flip side there were some questionable calls down the stretch that went against the Cavs that probably

Shouldn’t have and they kind of felt like makeup calls but honestly the biggest call that I think turned the corner on this game at the very end with less than a minute to go I believe it was about 43 seconds was that call on Alex guso on the inbound play where he

Was guarding Donovan Mitchell in my view that was just two guys battling for positioning on an inbound play trying to get the ball they were being physical but not overtly physical if anything you could argue that Mitchell pushed off on Caruso to get free and it should have

Been an offensive foul we’ll be curious to see what the last two-minute report comes out with on that today but in my view it should have been a no call at that time the game was tied instead the Cavs get a free throw and the ball they

Hit the free throw but then don’t convert on The Possession so instead of it being a tie game the blls are now down one which completely changes their approach on the offensive possession since by the time they got the ball off the Miss they had about 30 seconds in a

Tie game they’re likely going to run as much of the shot clock off to try and get a go-ahead basket and leave the Cavs with as little time as possible to either come back and try a tie it themselves or if the Bulls miss it little time for them to hit a game

Winner instead the Bulls are rushing on The Possession and Kobe white forces a turnover and being a little too quick and a bad pass to vuich I saw a lot of people blaming Vu for that turnover while he probably still should have caught the ball it was a bad pass by

Kobe even Kobe acknowledged after the game that he was being a little too frantic and quick with the pass and wishes he could take it back I actually appreciated that Kobe took accountability and the way he was reading the film on that play showed great awareness and maturity on his part

And also just overall growth and knowing what he’s going to need to go through in terms of learning experiences and end of game moments but anyway with the bulls turning the ball over now the shot clock off the Bulls are forced to foul and the rest is really history from there in

Terms of them being able to come back and just trying to hit a three to tie the game which they almost got by the way I actually like the look that Kobe got it was a tough shot but it was a good look it was the right shot coming

Off a screen C switched and had Evan Moy on Kobe which was great D to make the shot more difficult and he almost had it just a little bit long I had no problems with Kobe taking that shot in fact I was happy Kobe got to take the final shot in

This game I kept saying to myself if they have deardo Rosen taking that final three when Kobe has been very hot from downtown I’m going to lose it so yeah I left this game feeling good obviously I wish the Bulls would have won it but

This is the kind of game that can give them some confidence and momentum going into the allstar break getting some much needed rest which they’re all going to get because not a single bull will be making an appearance in any of the All-Star festivities this weekend I’ll

Take it also can’t say enough about Kobe in this game because he was phenomenal amazing handles was hitting really difficult in contested shots 32 points on 17 shots 11 for 17 from the floor 5 for eight from three seven rebounds four assist I need to do a video on Kobe and

Why he really is a top candidate for the most improved player of the year award solid game from DeMar as well 24 points nine for 16 six assists no turnovers you obviously saw Billy Donovan going with the Twin Towers in this game starting Drummond and vich together which was the

Right call with the big Cavs lineup and having Drummond in there to clean up the glass which was key 10 points and 15 rebounds for Drummond vuvi though yeah rough game four for 16 from the floor one for five from three just nine points had a really rough time operating in the

Paint against Moy and Jared Allen and was uh kind of embarrassing they were just letting vuvi shoot It Wide Open from three didn’t even care to guard him and vvi was clanking it every time he did have that one3 that he made and he was actually somewhat contested on that

One three but yeah after vuvi had a solid last five G games or so not this night and it really cost the Bulls as they needed his interior scoring with the bulls getting outworked with points in the paint being 52-28 against the Cavs good to see Caruso back after taking the last game

Off he was great Off the Bench so was Tory Craig bull shot the ball decently well but what was concerning was the fact that they had 18 assists as a team compared to the Cavs 31 Bulls also turned the ball over a little too frequently for my liking in the second

Half which enabled the Cavs to keep things close and eventually take the lead and ultimately win the game but anyway a good Valiant competitive effort Bulls get a onewe break off before they take on the League’s best team when they come back against the Boston Celtics at

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