How Long Can This Go On?

Well, I almost made it to the end of the Bulls’ game last night against the Warriors. With 6:20 left and Chicago ahead by one, I set TIVO on record and went to bed; call it a bad feeling, plus sleep calling. I mean, the Bulls hadn’t won in Oakland/SF since 2015. Oh, me of little faith. With Satan, the wonder basset, sharing the couch first thing this morning, I watched those last six-plus minutes. Really, a 125-122 win against Steph Curry and Klay Thompson? How the mighty have fallen, or, in this case, slipped to 33-29. You know things are going your way when Draymond Green fouls out with 58 seconds left in the game tied at 116. Not only did Green get called for a moving screen on Alex Caruso, Caruso survived the hit. No mean feat, that. DeMar DeRozan and company have now pulled to within one game of .500 for the first time since game five of the season back in early November. DeRozan was DeRozan, with 33 points in 39 minutes. Somebody 34-years old is going to run out of gas before long, if he hasn’t already but doesn’t know it. Not that head coach Billy Donavan has much choice but to ride DeRozan hard. The Bulls’ bench is pretty thin due to injury and a front office that isn’t exactly an astute judge of talent. Maybe I should mention here the Clippers, at 40-21, are up next. What are the odds for a 4-0 West Coast road trip? I’m guessing it all depends on a certain 34-year old forward.