The Chicago Bulls Clutch Numbers are Staggering

The Chicago Bulls Clutch Numbers are Staggering

If there is one thing that we can say about this Bulls team is that they are incredibly unpredictable they struggle and lose to teams like the Pistons and then follow it up the next day by beating a hot team like the Cavs in double overtime and then they’ll look

Lifeless and lethargic against the Bucks and then they’ll come back after being down 20 plus points in the third quarter to win the game like they did the other night against the Kings the Bulls have shown incredible displays of resiliency and fighting backing games against some

Of the best teams in the NBA but then of course there are those games where they look completely disengaged and nothing is going their way they are arguably one of the most inconsistent teams in the NBA when it comes to their play and level of effort on the court but one

Thing that has remained constant with this team throughout the season is how well they have shown up in clutch situations clutch games defined by the league as games within five points with 5 minutes to go in the game the Bulls who lead the league in clutch minutes

And by a wide margin at that play some of their best basketball in those final minutes so good in fact that it’s starting to become a running joke that the Bulls don’t really start the game until those Final 5 minutes and if only the Bulls could play like they do in the

Fourth quarter for the whole game they actually would be a good team sitting near the top of the Eastern Conference just how good you ask well let’s dive into some of these shocking numbers for how the Bulls play in clutch situations so what’s going on everyone you’re listening to Bull Central here hope

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You don’t miss a video in the future now I made a similar video on this topic a few weeks back but diving into it a bit more on this one especially now that we have updated numbers and an even larger sample size so like I mentioned the

Bulls lead the NBA in number of clutch minutes and they’re third in the league in the number of clutch games played so far this season at 35 and when it comes to the number of clutch minutes played the Bulls are by far in away the leader leading the league in 159 minutes while

The team in second the Sacramento Kings have played 129 minutes the Bulls also lead the league in number of clutch wins at 20 that said bear in mind they play in a lot of clutch games so that number is a little skewed when in reality they

Win percentage in the clutch is at 57% with a record of 20 and 15 which is ninth in the NBA but rather than focusing on the number of wins wins percentage and just how often the Bulls find themselves in clutch situations what’s more telling even despite the

Losses is how well the Bulls perform in those minutes minutes when the game is at its peak in terms of the amount of pressure and the stakes are at the highest to close things out and it’s more shocking when you compare to how this team performs for the rest of the

Game relative to those Final 5 minutes so let’s start with just some of the basic metrics comparing clutch performances versus non and then we’ll dive into some of the more advanced stats but in the clutch the Bulls are shooting 47.4% from the field 39.6% from three while on the whole the Bulls are

Actually shooting 46.4% from the field and 35.6% from three now I know that sounds inconsequential to some but to illustrate just how big of a difference this is from the way the Bulls shoot the ball for the whole game compared to the final 5 minutes the Bulls are 24th in

The NBA in field goal percentage and three-point percentage but in the clutch they’re top five in the league in both categories third in the NBA in three-point shooting in clutch games the Bulls are also third in the league in rebounding and first in assists in clutch moments while the Bulls for the

Season are 14th in rebounding and 27th in assist from being one of the worst passing teams in the NBA to first in the league in clutch games they are second in the league in steals in the clutch while ninth on the season and they force the most turnovers in clutch time than

Any other team while they’re in the middle of the pack and forcing turnovers across the whole game but to me the most ing statistic the Bulls have a plus 22 net rating in the NBA in clutch moments which is third in the league in clutch situations only behind the defending

Champion Denver Nuggets and the Boston Celtics while the Bulls on the season for all quarters have a negative net rating of 1.6 good for 20th in the NBA there isn’t a team even close to that who has that kind of net rating discrepancy from their overall rating

Versus what it is in the clutch that is staggering the Bulls who are 16th in the league on defense and second on the defensive end in clutch minutes a defensive rating of 9 97 97 well above League average compared to their defensive rating of 115 for the rest of

The game like what is going on with this team when it comes to them turning it up a notch in those final minutes of the game now granted teams across the board in general are going to take things up a notch in a close game situation than

They otherwise would for the rest of the game or a game where it’s a blowout so naturally you’re going to see better net ratings better defense more focused offense in close games but even then the Bulls are an exception going from being a mid to below average team for the

First 3.5 quarters of the game to an elite team in the final 5 minutes and it gets even better when the game gets closer and closer to the buzzer I got these numbers from will got Le of chgo so I mentioned the Bulls in the final 5

Minutes have a plus 22 net rating in the final 3 minutes though of the game they are a plus 24.4 and in the final minute of the game their net rating is a ridiculous plus 32.2 they are a positive 32 points per 100 possessions in the final minute of

The game game also do you know who leads the league in overall plus minus in the clutch and leads that category by a full 12 points at a plus 86 on the season thus far Kobe white Leaps and Bounds ahead of everyone in the league in

Clutch minutes in plus minus I mean it’s honestly just mindboggling to me to see a team be exceptionally better in the clutch compared to the rest of the game really it kind of makes you all the more frustrated at this team when you see that they have the ability to be elite

In their overall performance if they could just give consistent effort for the whole 48 minutes something we’ve been talk something we’ve been talking about all season how all we want to see from this team is for them to play hard with effort and purpose for the whole

Game it’s maddening as a fan to see them take some Quarters off take their foot off the gas and then find themselves in big deficits that they have to dig their way out of but what I will say though is this seeing these types of numbers and

Also just the eye test watching this team when it comes to closing out games especially when you compare it to how they were showing up last season in clutch moments the level of play the level of focus attention to detail and seeing these high net ratings in the

Final minutes of the game it does give me a lot of confidence when going into the play because we know the competitiveness level of the play and the virtue of it being an elimination game a high stakes game or games there are likely going to be close matchups

That go down to the wire and based on what we know of this team based on how they’ve shown up as a group this season in clutch moments I would put my money on the Bulls regardless of who they’re going up against the veteran leadership of dear the elite defense of Alex Caruso

The lethal shooting of Kobe white even I would assume for that matter the Poise the confidence the resiliency yeah I’m not going to count this team out when the game comes down to those final possessions not sure I can say I have a lot of confidence in this team and other

Aspects of the game but when it comes to clutch minutes I feel a little more at ease with this crew let me know what you guys think though and whether you were just as surprised as I was with some of these numbers the Bulls have put up at

The end of games this season the Bulls are taking on the Jazz later tonight hopefully this game doesn’t go down to the wire since the Jazz really been struggling recently but you never know you never can be too sure what to expect from this team going into any game

Regardless of who they’re going up against as always though guys be sure to subscribe and I will see you in the next one

Discussing how the Bulls have become the most clutch team in the NBA this season

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