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Ice Man wrote:The first quarter was the best team in NBA history against the worst. Well, that's how it looked.

No reason to watch further except for Luka.

You don't want to see Gafford clown us too?

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Mirotek wrote:Ayo, Carter, Bitim, Craig, Drummond... this lineup sucks.

Why would Billy do that smh he’s a terrible coach outside of my Florida gaters b2b and having KD in okc he’s worse then doc

I mean, that's the bench and a starter. Unless Derozan and Coby are going to play 40 minutes a game, that's the team.

Well Philips showed up.

Bulls lack of high level talent really comes thru in moments like this. Never like to see my team lose but I hope the Bulls don't make the playoffs. They are seriously outclassed by a motivated Boston and Milwaukee. Better to just get the higher pick.

Hope Billy keeps the starters minutes down since this is a beat down. Perfect game for JP, and DT to play. Maybe Sanogo is available

Good quarter from Philips. Coby has to figure out ways to score even when shots aren’t falling. Can’t have droughts like this, every time he’s not scoring at all the bulls usually go down.

It's the NBA. Quarters like that happen all the time. We actually haven't been blown out for a while and I bet we make a run in this game and bring it to single digits at some point.

jordanwilliams6 wrote:It's the NBA. Quarters like that happen all the time. We actually haven't been blown out for a while and I bet we make a run in this game and bring it to single digits at some point.

That's my feeling.

I prefer to be down early then up big early. Runs are typical in the league nowadays. Drive those who bet on games crazy.

This is basically the loss vs the Clippers, just dunk after dunk after dunk at the rim. Only difference is the Clips didn't adjust to this until after the half, Luka just went right into feeding their centers in the 1Q.

Lively + Gafford 12 for 13, 24 points

If only we had a center like Gafford.

Rim runners just dunking and laying it in with no pressure
Spot up shooters taking shots with 3-5ft of space

Did I just hear 26 made baskets in a row for Gafford? Even if they are all around the rim that is impressive.

Unlikely we get back into this. The weakside help issue has been an issue all season without size we can't stop athletic centers at the basket.

Bulliever2020 wrote:Did I just hear 26 made baskets in a row for Gafford? Even if they are all around the rim that is impressive.

Yeah it has been like 3 or 4 straight games now. Dude is laying in and dunking everything.

Vucevic getting eviscerated by the PnR game. Let Luka kill you or his bigs dominate you.

Mk0 wrote:Vucevic getting eviscerated by the PnR game. Let Luka kill you or his bigs dominate you.

And yet people will say with a straight face that Vuc is the only reason we're not down by 50 because of his 13 points on 13 shots.

Vuc's offense would almost have to be Jokic-level to make up for his ultra-negative defense, so the fact that he's also one of the worst offensive players this season is just unbelievable.

It's funny, someone on Reddit the other day unironically said "Vuc has been HOT since the all-star break with a 55 TS%!" while ignoring the fact that the league average TS% is 58 and the average TS% for a C is 62.

It's just sad that even his "hot" streak is still noticeably below league average.

This is the easiest game of Gafford and Lively's whole lives lol

This is the bad place.

It sucks that on a night like this it would be a perfect opportunity to get an extended look at Drell, Funk, and Sanogo, but we can't even get that silver lining because they're not with the team tonight.