Visiting Milwaukee, the Warriors, who trailed by 39 points in the first half, were hoisted by the defending champion Bucks; back-to-back to Chicago as a guest of the United Center, Chasing Green is still on the sidelines, Klay . Thompson and Payton Jr. didn't play either, but the Warriors, who looked less complete, beat the Bulls on the road!
The Bulls lost 22 points in the second quarter, trailed by 31 points at halftime, lost 112 points at the end of the third quarter, and lost 42 points in the whole game; and in the last game against the Nets, the Bulls lost 20 points in the third quarter and directly spent it!
Considering that in the past five games, Curry has averaged 18 points per game, shooting 31.9% from the field and shooting 22.2% from three-point range, and the downturn is a bit out of the question, and it is not a surprise that he has rebounded in Chicago. The Warriors' consecutive away games have been beaten by Memphis and Milwaukee successively, and it is normal to come to Chicago to usher in a rebound. But the home court has been spent early by the Nets and Warriors, which actually reflects the problems of this Bulls team to the fullest.
While the Bulls have had a strong backlash this season, DeRozan and LaVine have become another pair of fierce two-gun pairs in the league; but the weaknesses of this Bulls team are also obvious - this is a pure outside team! In their starting + rotating lineup, only the starting center Vucevic and the substitute center Bradley are more than two meters tall; and Vucevic is also short in the center, and the style of the ball is not strong enough, so the Bulls' lineup is also ridiculed as "not too big four small", 1 meter 98 DeRozan although registered as a defender, but has always stood in the No. 4 position when defending!
Of course, the ball brother and Lavin are relatively high in the guard, although the front line is short but the athletic ability is OK, in fact, the Bulls' outside line is very suitable for infinite changes of defense; but the inside Vucevic is short and slow, he can defend on the inside, can attack low, but can not protect the frame, and does not have the ability to change the defensive guard and hold the ball front... The lack of height and the inability to take unlimited changes of defense determine that the Bulls' interior defense is very low in the league, and rebounds are in the league's fourth-to-last position.
It is precisely because the Bulls' interior line is too weak and too short, many teams have chosen to use the inside line and the tall forward line to swing a heavy punch at the Bulls' penalty area against the Bulls. They were double-killed by the 76ers in November, and Embiid was chasing Vucevic, and once the Bulls contracted outside, the 76ers outside Curry Jr., Kolkmaz, and Niang could also respond strongly. And they defeated the Cavaliers by the opponent's three highs, the fiasco without Butler and Adebayo's Heat was cut 20+12 by Dedmond; even the lone ranger whose rebounding was also at the bottom level of the league, the Blazers can win the Bulls with better rebounding protection and more interior impact. The Nets and Warriors, who have hoisted the Bulls in the last two games, are also outside teams, but Harden fed Sharp in Chicago; while the Warriors won 11 rebounds, had 13 more assists, and scored 56 points in the paint zone, invisibly amplifying the Bulls' inner defensive problems.
After being beaten by the Nets and Warriors in a row, the Bulls still rank first in the East; their record in strong collisions this season has been very dismal. The top four teams in the West, who haven't yet touched the Suns and Grizzlies, won over the Jazz but lost a total of 68 points to the Warriors in both games. And against the other teams in the Top Six in the East, in addition to playing the Nets, who are 2-1, they play the Cavaliers, the Heat, and the 76ers have lost all five games (haven't touched the Bucks yet)!
The teams that played in the top six of the East and the top four of the West combined, with a combined 3-8 loss and five games with more than 20 points, while their two wins against the Nets and the net wins against the Jazz had a net win score of 23, 4 and 8 respectively. When they want to win the strong team is really difficult, but it is not easy to come to a fiasco, the top six in the East and the top four teams in the West, almost all have the ability to hit the Bulls' life, the bulls who abuse the dish sit on the identity of the pseudo-strong team, this team is not far in the playoffs!