Ticking

The Bulls have gone 4-2 over their last six games, which is just OK. Had they gone 6-0, they’d be at .500 for the first time since Halloween; at 5-1, they’d be close. Oh, so far away. The game they lost Friday, 140-131 to the Warriors, pretty much sums up what this team is, one capable of taking a thirteen-point halftime lead and turning it into a fifteen-point deficit one quarter later. Keep in mind that Golden State had lost the previous two games by fifteen- and 36-pint margins and have lost the two games since. But they found a way to come back against our Bulls. Then, yesterday in Cleveland, they gave up 40 points in the first quarter to fall behind by nineteen. Zach and the gang managed to get it down to a three-point deficit to start the fourth quarter, but you’re not going to win if you put up fourteen points to the opposition’s 29. Final score, Cleveland 109 Chicago 91. You’re also not going to win if your starting point guard turns the ball over seven times, which is exactly what Coby White did. This 4-2 record coincides with Zach LaVine’s return from injury, and I wonder if White is pressing as a result. Then again, the whole team turned the ball over eighteen time, including three for LaVine. Long story short, you’re not going to get over .500 if this keeps up. Which brings us back to the question of blowing up the roster. Time is ticking down for Arturas Karnisovas to make a decision.