On Thursday, the Chicago Bulls’ loss of 129–112 survived, a brilliant mantra filled the United Center: “Let’s go, Celtics!”
The game was close to a sale, a criterion for the bulls despite the team’s 26–30 records. But UC was filled with a green shirt and a spatting of Jersey as Boston’s fans went into a draw to see the top team at the Eastern Conference. And as fans in Bulls selected the last minute of the 17-point blowout in favor of moving towards the parking lot, Celtics Wafadar took command of Arena in the first game after the NBA all-star break.
The disadvantage was not significantly low as the 30-point SmackDown of Bulls, which started 5–14 in the season in November. But it still removed the gap of the house where the bulls stand in the lower level of the play-in standing and the Celtics sit on the top of the east.
“They are actually a good team, perhaps the best team in NBA,” Center Nicola Vuvivick said after the loss. “I still felt that there are things that we could do tonight, especially to give us a better chance in the second half.”
Here are six takeaments due to loss.
- 1. Eradicate
- 2. Meltdown in third quarter
- 3. Bear it deep
- 4. Remming out
- 5. Jumbo rotation reflects weaknesses
- 6. Young players step between injuries
1. Eradicate
The initial quarters were played in the earlier the standing of these teams as per expectations. Celtics gained 16 points by hitting five 3-pointers, blocking seven shots and forcing four bulls turnover.
But that dominance stumbled in the second quarter as Bulls found an aggressive rhythm through the Vuivivic and Guard Ayo Dosunamu. Kobi White knocked his first 3-point attempt of the game in the last second of half a second and placed the bulls ahead of three, with 5.2 seconds left on the clock.
Photos: Boston Celtics 129, Chicago Bulls 112
2. Meltdown in third quarter
The lead was short -lived. Celtics opened the third quarter with an 8–0 run as coach Billy Donovan missed the bulls on his first seven shots before taking time out. But was very low to prevent bleeding.
Bulls went to the quarters to remember only two more shots, but it was not enough to combat an attack of 3-pointers from Celtics, who saw 37 points in the quarters-and seven 3 S-A-Ko to take a 13-point lead in the fourth.
3. Bear it deep
The Cultics League is one of the best 3-point-shooting teams and showed very few signs of war with the all-star brake.
They went to 23 -for -47 from behind the arch for 69 points. He shot 52% in 25 attempts in the second half and missed only four 3-point attempts in the fourth quarter. Deric White (28 points) and Jason Tatam (25) went to 5 -for -10 at 3S in each.
Bulls made only 28 attempts from behind the arc. Even shooting on a respectable 35.7% clip from a respectable 35.7% clip from the 3-point range was impossible to maintain speed for bulls.
Coach Billy Donovan said, “I think when you are playing against that kind of team, you have found some opportunities to capitalize on and we just do not commit crime,” said coach Billy Donovan. “When you have got a team that you can actually play well and they can make a bucket, I think it may be a bit deformed. We are challenging like crazy, I think in the first half we challenged 90% of his shots. So you are not going to do much better. ,
4. Remming out
Celtics dominated the rim in the first quarter, sweating the seven shots, consisting of three episi by Deric White and Crystaps Porzis.
The bulls eventually excluded Celtics from 50–30 in paint after deepening the 3-point-performance imbalance. But the initial variety in the rim stopped Bulls from taking advantage of the ball movement, which otherwise put them in major scoring positions.
5. Jumbo rotation reflects weaknesses
Bulls have continued a two-bug lineup with vučević and Andre drummond, but the group showed more flaws against fast-paced and well-spread Celtics crime. In the third quarter, Celtics went on 10–1 after the bulls were rolled into a two-bed lineup.
Drummond struggled to match his recent production, finishing with 11 points and eight rebounds. And after leaving 20 points in the first half, Vučević managed only one made basket in the second half.
6. Young players step between injuries
Tori Craig will remember two to four weeks after turning his right knee during training away from the team during the all-star break. Patrick Williams are trying a slow ramp-up process after a two-week full non-sect due to a bone edema in their left leg, but he is still experiencing pain and has to start yet.
Those two disadvantages forced the bull to stop more on the Julian Phillips and the second year guard delan Terry. The Philips was the first player from the bench and finished the sixth largest amount of the game, ended with nine points, two rebounds and assistance in 18 minutes. Terry received three points, three rebounds and two assistance in 12 minutes.