This Dog Won't Hunt...

But my dog will. Twice she’s brought in live sparrows, necessitating the most delicate of mouth-extraction procedures. Satan can’t help herself. It’s in her DNA. The Bulls can’t help themselves, either, for the opposite reason—team DNA won’t allow it. The roster is just a bunch of guys, as often to play poorly as well. One game, they’ll beat the 76ers in double overtime, the next they’ll get blown out at home by the same team. Momentum? If there was any from Monday’s game in Philadelphia, it didn’t catch the flight home for last night’s contest. How else to explain letting the visitors jump to a 17-0 lead in the first quarter? The Big Three—DeMar DeRozan, Nikola Vucevic and Zach LaVine—who played so well Monday combined for twenty-eight points last night, LaVine leading the way with sixteen. His five turnovers were a perfect complement to 6-for-15 shooting. The 116-91 rout happened with 76ers’ star Joel Embiid not playing the second half and James Harden not playing at all. Go figure. I certainly can’t.