Simple as One, Two, Three

It’s simple, really. The Bulls can’t afford to lose more than one of the people in their ten-player rotation. Last night against the Timberwolves, they were short three. T-Wolves 136 Bulls 101 in a game that wasn’t as close as the score suggests. First, center Zach Collins didn’t even play; Collins has a sprained big toe that could keep him out a week (hello, losing streak). Then, halfway through the first quarter Coby White aggravated his calf injury. Wait, there’s more. Josh Giddey looked like he pulled his left hamstring at the start of the third quarter. And a close game turned into a rout. It’s disappointing none of the other Bulls stepped up, if not to win the game then at least make it respectable. Minnesota committed three—that’s right, three—turnovers all night to sixteen for the Bulls. Enough said.