What Else is There to Say About the Bulls at This Point?
This is one of those games where it’s like well what more can you really say the Bulls got beat by a better team albeit a short-handed team but still the best team in the league and a team that has only lost 14 games all season even
When they’ve had injuries I mean this is kind of like the loss against the Clippers the other week where the Bulls played pretty well they played hard they stayed connected with them but just didn’t have enough juice against a much better team but I guess in a way that’s
Kind of the main issue here because a loss like this while expected is a microcosm of what this team is and what their ceiling is is there are a lot of teams better than them and even when they are playing well they’re still not able to compete with the best now I’m
Sure some will say well the have taken advantage with Jaylen Brown and porzingis being out of the lineup the Celtics are a ridiculously deep team even when those guys are out they’s still a lethal team from behind the arc they still have their superstar in Jason
Tatum this wasn’t a gimme game or one the Bulls should have won just because Brown and porzingis are out of the line and let’s also not underscore the fact that the Bulls have been short-handed as well and have been down players for a good portion of the season it’s it’s
Weird to say because even though there were a lot of frustrating aspects about this game which I’ll get to I actually thought the Bulls on the whole played decently well with the exception of the final stretch anyway when the Celtics put them away the Bulls were efficient
On offense they shot 57% in this game from the floor they were attacking the paint and finishing well with the Celtics being void of Rim protection with no porzingis they moved the ball well they had 36 assists as a team tonight they outscored the Celtics 54 to
38 in points in the paint 17 to8 on Fast Break points they only turned the ball over seven times against one of the best defensive teams in the NBA I mean they played hard in this one with effort and hustle the biggest difference in this game that absolutely killed the Bulls
Was Second Chance points allowing way too many offensive rebounds and of course Boston just murdering the Bulls from Deep 21 threes to the Bulls nine the Celtics shot 43% from a three I don’t know why but the Bulls allowed way too many open looks from Deep for the
Celtics against one of the best three-point shooting teams in the NBA that has so many Sharpshooters Bull’s defense was incredibly slow to get out on the perimeter missing Closeouts missing assignments on switches how do you allow a team like the Celtics as many open threes as they did is beyond
Me and some poor coaching when you didn’t see any of that change throughout the game it just continued throughout the whole thing going back to the rebounds for a minute though more specifically the offensive rebounds the Bulls allowed 12 offensive boards while the Bulls only had three offensive
Rebounds in total as a team the Bulls got outworked on the glass in general 41 rebounds to 29 and somehow they allowed freaking luk Cor net guy who couldn’t play to save his life when he was in a Bulls uniform they allowed him to grab a career high in rebounds at 13 while
Nicola vuvi one of the top rebounders in the league had two two rebounds for vuvi Kobe white Alex Caruso Demar Ros and all have more rebounds than he did in this game among starters very uncharacteristic of vvi and especially concerning when he’s going up against Luke cornette as their default starter
With porzingis out also how do you let Al Horford hit 5 threes against you just mindboggling anyway vvi actually hit all of his shots inside tonight which is rare to see all of his misses of course came at three-point line where he was over three Kobe white you know still not
Quite right although his minutes restrictions have been lifted but just doesn’t have the same step or bounce like we were seeing before he had his hip injury shot three for 11 in this one 11 points he was contributing in other ways though by moving the flow of offense keeping the ball movement going
And getting good looks for others he ended up finishing the game with 10 assists and five rebounds Caruso I think he gave us all a scare when he rolled his ankle and had to go back to the locker room in the second quarter especially with how hot he started out
The game from three ended up returning in the second half and played well overall 14 points on five for eight shooting four for six from three IO had a decent game as well although his 20 plus point streak Ended as his shot was a bit cold tonight still doing his thing
As far as getting downhill and finishing transition 14 points tonight four assists and two steals but did not hit a single three-pointer and then of course dear doing everything he could to try and get this team to win but it just wasn’t enough Boston has too much firep
Power very efficient night for Demar putting up 28 points on 12 for 19 from the floor six rebounds nine assists 42 minutes still incredible to me the amount of minutes the Bulls have him putting in at his age but with how short-handed they are that’s just what
They have to do at this point and it’s not going to change I will say big minutes from both Tory Craig and Dal Terry Off the Bench Craig was four for four in this one perfect from three at three for three good effort on defense great job generating offense by taling
Three assists in 19 minutes and then dalen Terry you know been looking more and more confident out there still a bit chaotic at times but he knows how to bring energy to the floor which is what the Bulls really need right now had some nice throw down dunks one of which got a
Technical for hanging on the rim which was just a horrendous call when he barely hung on to the rim we’ve seen guys hang on the rim for much longer and not get called for it ended up not really mattering because the Celtics missed that free throw but still a
Garbage call but Terry would finish the game with 12 points on five for eight from the floor but for me it was more about the hustle and energy that he brought when he was out there so anyway Bulls fall back three games below 500 again I like to think there is a world
Where they could get to 500 with their next three games being against the Wizards the Pacers and the Nets but I can’t really trust this team for anything at this point as I’ve said before does it really matter the Bulls aren’t going to finish better than the
Ninth seed this is the team ceiling sad to say but it’s where we are right now in this era of Bulls basketball hate to end the video on a Debbie down or comment like that but like I said at the top of the video what else is there to
Really say about this team at this point anyway let me know what you guys think in the comments as always be sure to subscribe and I will see you in the next one
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This was a weird game cause I thought we were gonna get blown out by halftime
All you ever do is trash the bulls. It's very annoying. At the end of the day the Celtics should beat us .
We really let Luke Kornet look like Shaq, and Sam Hauser look like Klay Thompson, whats new tho
Dalen Terry is slowly but surely showing us that we shouldn't give up on him yet. His offense still needs some work, but this man has the tools to be good in this league.
The thing about the open 3s, when all 5 people on the floor can shoot, you are always a couple of swings away from an open shot. It wasn't just Bulls players not showing up. This is like the top 3pt shooting team in the league considering volume and depth of shooters. This team needs a serious offseason retool but analyzing losses on a team that was flawed from the beginning AND has 70+ million camped on the bench is a fool's errand.
I just watch cause im a Bulls fan. The team is who we thought they were but combine injuries with that and we just don't have what it takes unless we play perfectly every night.
Man watching Vuc, I finally realize he just gets boards because of his size, he does not work for the rebounds – big difference from Drum who works for rebounds
I keep saying it, we will NEVER hit that .500 mark lol we simply can’t
They should've let javonte hop n the game n cook lol
Ugh bro. Like your takes most of the time but this one is kinda trash. We are down two of our starting five. Why is this…right now… our ceiling? This is a great team so we got beat. Keep it balanced and show more nuance.
Vuc hasn’t been doing his part, I been watching him closely. 😫😤anytime a point guard defend you in the paint, you have to pushing him. Smh 🤦🏾♂️
Low key this was a game we should have won, gave up too many 3s late. Vuc got cooked
Vuc is awful 😂
Bulls sign Javonte Green, 10 day contract. I like that.
Watching on tv. There was about 4 minutes to go, bulls down by 5, Cs turn over the ball on a backcourt violation or something and lose a critical possession, and…. I swear I heard a kid in the 60th row ask his dad if they could go home yet. The crowd was so lame you could hear beef frank farts.
Although watching the younge lads play like they play is making me smile
I’m really hanging out for next season
UM most smart Bulls fan been knew their ceiling but after after a win against a good team then you gush act like this team is better than they actually are.
Idk if it’s just for content but you should know better or else you’re part of the problem of encouraging mediocrity.
Looking forward to the offseason!
AKME in charge.
The celtics are a mid team without threes
Kobe White just can't bring it every night like a true NBA star
By the end of the game it was clear that Coby White had nothing in the tank. I think the Bulls should reduce his minutes, as well as those from Demar. They won't go higher than the 9th seed or lower than 10th so at this point they have nothing to gain from playing them so many minutes.
DEEEPPPP!!
Vucevic with 2 rebounds was very bad.
Yeah, this team should blow up most of the roster during the off season.
Imagine when we run it back again for next year 😂😂😂
The Bulls are solidly in no-man’s land.
Too good to get a lottery pick but not good enough to go anywhere in the playoffs.
A young core that’s too good to blow up but not good enough to build around.
I see the Bulls stuck in neutral for at least the next 2 seasons. Probably longer
At this point I’m over Vuc he’s to inconsistent in these big games
I won't talk about the game but it's a composite why we can't catch the teams in front of us. With the Rockets winning again and going .500. The reality the Bulls are still 20-6 against teams under .500 and now 14-31 against teams .500 and over. With 11 games left we have 6 above and 5 under. Most likely we will go 5-6 to give us 39 wins. My prediction at the start was 38.
Bulls suck man
Yep we're back to the bulls we know, guarantee we dont hit .500 before the end of the year
You said it "that's the ceiling" a team that's only good enough to be ranked 20 in the league. According to the definition, we are exactly, the best team among the worsts teams in the league. We have to be proud of this front office. They wanted to win and they built a team to be the best!… Among mediocres
Billy D absolutely sucks. Worst head coach in the NBA right now
Celtics fan here. Something that isnt being talked about is the huge growth of Kornet, Houser and Pritchard this season. Theyve all been balling out making short handed games like this pretty easy for the coaching staff. I thought yall played a hell of a game in the paint as far as scoring, but yea those rebounds from Kornet were killer
Tough to beat a team where their whole rotation can shoot and the one that can't gets rebounds over your two centers.