Bulls @ Clippers, 3pm CT: West Coast Road Trip Finale

rjforniss · Post #61 » by **rjforniss** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:14 pm

Honestly not even mad at this loss. We kept up with a onctender and went 3-1 on the trip. That’s better than most of us thought.

Mk0 · Post #62 » by **Mk0** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:14 pm

Harden/Zubac pnr spam killed the Bulls in the 3rd and now it is back. Vooch can't move his feet and everyone else is too small. We don't have a PF

boozapalooza · Post #63 » by **boozapalooza** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:14 pm

The starters are gassed. Why do we have to play Demar and Coby 40 minutes every night? Theyre playing great for now but Billy has to manage their minutes better

nomorezorro · Post #64 » by **nomorezorro** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:14 pm

stacey king getting to the point of saying that other teams running the pick & roll should automatically result in a steal by the bulls...how does his brain work

aguifs · Post #65 » by **aguifs** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:16 pm

They are killing us inside. We play small until death. Dumb af

burlydee · Post #66 » by **burlydee** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:16 pm

As soon as the Bulls went after Harden they scored.

nekorajo · Post #67 » by **nekorajo** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:17 pm

Oh well. Good road trip.

R3AL1TY · Post #68 » by **R3AL1TY** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:17 pm

nomorezorro wrote:stacey king getting to the point of saying that other teams running the pick & roll should automatically result in a steal by the bulls...how does his brain work

I don't remember him saying that but he's right about guys not reacting to the roller in time to cut off his space.

aguifs · Post #69 » by **aguifs** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:18 pm

All the props to Ty Lue. He made a poorly built roster find ways to win.

nomorezorro · Post #70 » by **nomorezorro** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:20 pm

he said caruso should instinctively be rotating into position to steal the pass from harden to zubac because "you know what they're running." as if nba teams don't know what the other team are running the vast majority of the time, and it's just hard to stop because nba players are generally good at what they do

madvillian · Post #71 » by **madvillian** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:22 pm

nomorezorro wrote:he said caruso should instinctively be rotating into position to steal the pass from harden to zubac because "you know what they're running." as if nba teams don't know what the other team are running the vast majority of the time, and it's just hard to stop because nba players are generally good at what they do

It constantly amazes me that a guy that played says the things he says. Like, Stacey, you were a turnstyle. You could have been told where your man was going every time and not gotten there, these guys are good and Harden in the PnR has been making guys like dumb for a decade now.

Andi Obst · Post #72 » by **Andi Obst** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:22 pm

aguifs wrote:All the props to Ty Lue. He made a poorly built roster find ways to win.

This has to be a joke.

aguifs · Post #73 » by **aguifs** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:28 pm

Andi Obst wrote:
aguifs wrote:All the props to Ty Lue. He made a poorly built roster find ways to win.

This has to be a joke.

They indeed have a lot of talent... but they are unathletic, slow, can't play D. Their roster don't fit modern NBA. They lost the season series against the shi tty Lakers being exposed every single game. Poor interior D, poor perimeter D, stagnant offense.

They're overachievers.

Andi Obst · Post #74 » by **Andi Obst** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:29 pm

Still a great road trip for the Bulls. Starters looked dead in the seccond half, which is completely understandable. The G-League bench is the problem.

2weekswithpay · Post #75 » by **2weekswithpay** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:32 pm

boozapalooza wrote:The starters are gassed. Why do we have to play Demar and Coby 40 minutes every night? Theyre playing great for now but Billy has to manage their minutes better

This team would have more losses if they weren't playing so much every night.

Andi Obst · Post #76 » by **Andi Obst** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:34 pm

aguifs wrote:
Andi Obst wrote:
aguifs wrote:All the props to Ty Lue. He made a poorly built roster find ways to win.

This has to be a joke.

They indeed have a lot of talent... but they are unathletic, slow, can't play D. Their roster don't fit modern NBA. They lost the season series against the shi tty Lakers being exposed every single game. Poor interior D, poor perimeter D, stagnant offense.

They're overachievers.

Having a top 5 offense with a team that "doesn't fit modern NBA" is...interesting.

They have a healthy trio of Kawhi (top 5 MVP candidate for sure), PG and Harden. They're a contender. They're expected to beat the Chicago Bulls at home (or anywhere else, for that matter).

MrSparkle · Post #77 » by **MrSparkle** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:35 pm

aguifs wrote:
Andi Obst wrote:
aguifs wrote:All the props to Ty Lue. He made a poorly built roster find ways to win.

This has to be a joke.

They indeed have a lot of talent... but they are unathletic, slow, can't play D. Their roster don't fit modern NBA. They lost the season series against the shi tty Lakers being exposed every single game. Poor interior D, poor perimeter D, stagnant offense.

They're overachievers.

Dude.

First off , the Lakers aren't "sh tty". They have these guys named Lebron and Davis who qualify as top-15 players. And those guys definitely "wake up" to play the rival town squad.

Second, they may not play pretty, but having 3 superstars injured/old/what-not still means that team is very dangerous when on, and they turned on the jets in the 2nd half.

R3AL1TY · Post #78 » by **R3AL1TY** » Sat Mar 9, 2024 11:38 pm

Despite the loss, I'll take a 3-1 road trip.

kodo · Post #79 » by **kodo** » Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:24 am

Bulls would be another level with mediocre paint protection. But they're doing well with what they have.

ChettheJet · Post #80 » by **ChettheJet** » Sun Mar 10, 2024 12:31 am

LAC seemed to have been ready to play the Bulls from 25 games back to open the game and got down . They decided they needed to play like a group led by all stars, made some serious adjustments at halftime and played like one of the top teams in the west.

most figured it would be a 1-3 trip so no reason to pout.

Let's see the Bulls come home and get some wins with a bunch of games spaced out, one back to back on a tough but not impossible 2 week stretch and get above .500.