Nikola Vucevic Comes Up Big in Bounce Back Win for the Bulls

Nikola Vucevic Comes Up Big in Bounce Back Win for the Bulls

This Bulls team man they love giving us heart attacks out here granted I’m not sure why but even when the Spurs started making their run completely erasing the Bulls 18-point lead in the third quarter taking a lead of their own I don’t know why but this was one of the few times

Where I felt like the Bulls were going to be able to finish this one out when you’re going up against one of the youngest teams in the NBA one of the worst teams in the league who has a hard time closing out games themselves and just winning games in general and one of

The worst teams in the NBA without their best player their rookie sensation in Victor wanyama like it’s as it was for the Bulls to allow this game to be so close at the end of the day based on how the Bulls have finished out their most recent wins those back-to-back games

Against the Hornets and then the Rockets of course they faltered at the end of those games but they responded well despite losing momentum and finished off the game and I just felt like that was going to be the case in this one if the Bulls had lost this without wimby for

The Spurs and the Bulls for the most part being healthy with the exception of Patrick Williams and Tory Craig being out in this game that would have been absolutely embarrassing even for it being the second night of a back toback I mean you have to take care of business

And win these types of games I feel bad for the fans that that paid good money to come out and see Wy played tonight but it happens you have to expect that sometimes when going to an NBA game but first a quick word from the sponsor today’s video game time now if you’ve

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Leads evaporate in a matter of minutes we’ve seen it multiple times already this season whether it ends in wins or losses for the Bulls like it’s one thing if you blow an 18 or 20po lead over the course of a quarter or two but losing an 18-point lead in just 6 minutes the

Other night against the Rockets they blew a 16-point lead in a few minutes the Warriors they had a 13-point lead going in the halftime the Warriors took the lead Midway through the third quarter and would ultimately outscore the Bulls 48 to 20 in that frame same thing happen but to a lesser extent

Against the Hornets in the fourth quarter so why does this keep happening well for tonight I’m sure fatigue kicked in you know played last night in a quick fast-paced game against the Warriors flew to San Antonio late last night got in at 3:00 a.m. but physical and mental

Fatigue aside I do think a lot of it is the Bulls simply playing down to their competition they take a lead like that for granted against a bad NBA team they think they’ve got it or that even if the team starts making a run eh they’ll be

Okay they’ll be able to respond and close out the game and look it has matter that much because even in these games where their opponent had no business being that close they still wound up winning the game and that’s all that matters but you have to change that

Mindset and not take your opponent lightly thinking we’ve got this game in the bag we can rest a little bit because we’re tired and take our foot off the gas now you got to play the full 48 minutes the NBA doesn’t work that way there is too much talent in this league

That any team can beat you on a given night if you fall asleep the Spurs made it interesting though they went from shooting the ball terribly to finishing the game shooting 40% near 40% from three they were Scrappy out there making the Bulls work on offense like it was a

Fun game way too close for comfort and way too close than it needed to be but it was entertaining and I’ll go back to last night’s game what’s crazy is the Bulls played incredibly well for quarters 1 2 and four you look at the numbers again similar output the Bulls

Shot the ball very well they were very efficient shooting 51% from the field tonight 44% from three they did a great job of getting the foul line something they’ve desperately needed to improve upon being 27th in the league in free throw rate they pushed the pace well got

Downhill in transition moved the ball around the perimeter generating great shots the Bulls yet again had 31 assists in this game took care of the ball only eight turnovers crashed the boards although they gave up way too many Second Chance opportunities to the Spurs luckily for them the Spurs just didn’t

Capitalize on most of those opportunities like really it was surprising the game was actually this close given how well the Bulls played and the Spurs even led the game with just a few minutes left to go in regulation now I actually wanted to start with the bench tonight because the

Bulls bench points especially in the first half for key in getting this team the extra scoring needed to win this game IO was incredible in this one turning defense and offense doing what he does best getting downhill in a hurry and finishing at The Rim even when a man

Is trailing right on him iow was near perfect tonight shooting eight for nine three for three from three 21 points in 29 minutes A plus seven on the Night Big Time impact from IO coming off the bench and then how about Javon Carter I mentioned it in last night’s video dud

Was getting dmps out of the rotation in favor of dalen Terry but came in early tonight in the first quarter right away started knocking down shots again 4 for9 from three 5 for2 overall you know sometimes he still takes these ill-advised transition threes which I know that’s his shot and he’s great at

Sinking those at times but sometimes it’s just not the right moment in the game when no one is below the basket to rebound or guys are getting out on the break and are able to help finish near the basket if you can just find the open

Man it’s likely why he was starting to get benched a bit because he wasn’t hitting anything and it was costing the Bulls but tonight 14 points in 24 minutes and he also looked much much more engaged defensively as for the both starters all five of them scoring in

Double figures you know Zach was quiet tonight when you just look at the box score but in actually watching the game it didn’t really feel that way like yes you noticed he wasn’t putting up as many shots but what impressed me or what has been impressing me from Zach most

Recently is how he’s been impacting the game in other ways with his rebounding his passing like some of his assists tonight were fire excellent Court Vision good use of the pick and roll with fich Zach finished the game with another seven assists tonight the third game in

A row where he’s had seven or more assist the last time he did that was back in 2021 Zach also had 10 points and six rebounds and is still showing signs of being active and engaged defensively Alex kuso Alex kuso was all over the place tonight that Wicked steel Towing

The sideline and getting a pass out to IO to help that run to close out the game that was just beautiful he was Elite on the defensive end efficient on offense with his shooting three for four from three five rebounds six assists two Steals and three blocks as Stacy King

Says it there were five Al crusos out there tonight Kobe white not the best game for him didn’t have a single three uh but for some of his finishes at the basket they were phenomenal making some layups with his left hand showing off some hang time looking like a young

Derrick Rose out there in the way that he was finishing around the basket and then dear 20 points eight for 19 two for five from three four rebounds four assist but the biggest storyline on this one it’s got to be Nicola vuich which you hope Vu would have a big game in

This one considering the Spurs were without wimy but an efficient night in the paint was 10 for 17 24 points 16 rebounds five assists and three blocks but how about that clutch three that dagger three in the corner and then the rebound off the Spurs Miss on the other

Possession to really seal it we needed a clutch game for V and he showed out tonight in a big way for the Bulls and securing the win the Bulls closing in on 500 now guys and with the magic losing yet again the Bulls are now only three

Games behind them for eighth in the East don’t look now but suddenly the Bulls are only 5 and a half games back of the four seed did not think I would be saying that the way the Bulls started off the season season but the Bulls are off tomorrow traveling to Cleveland to

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