Tuesday, April 15, 2025
Will This Amount to Anything?
For two straight years now, the Bulls have finished the regular season at 39-43, with a play-in game against the Heat. Same-old same-old? Yes and no. I think.
For one, this Bulls’ team looks different from the other one, which featured Alex Caruso, DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine. Matas Buzelis, Josh Giddey and Kevin Huerter are a younger, faster, more athletic threesome. Same for the bench. Where once you had the trundling presence of Andre Drummond on the court, you now have the likes of Zach Collins and Jalen Smith. At least these guys can run.
The Bulls have lost two straight play-in games to the Heat, so they definitely want three to be a charm. They have momentum, with fifteen wins in their last twenty games. They also have injuries, especially Giddey’s painful right wrist. Enter Coby White and Nikola Vucevic. The one has to keep leading the offense, the other has to keep up and make the occasional three-pointer while grabbing some rebounds.
We’ll see.
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