The Bulls SOMEHOW Pull Off Double OT Win vs. Cavs

The Bulls SOMEHOW Pull Off Double OT Win vs. Cavs

The Bulls are a funny team man after we just witnessed one of the worst losses on the season one of the worst shooting nights on the year hell not even just on the year but in NBA history they come out in the second night of a back-to-back against one of the top

Teams in the Eastern Conference a team they narrowly lost to recently right before the All-Star break and they play some of the best basketball we’ve seen from them in a while don’t get me wrong it wasn’t all perfect there were some not so great stretches not the best

Possessions either kind of like when Javon Carter pulled a Ben Simmons and passed up a wide open layup to kick it outside no idea what that was about and while the Bulls played hard they were much more focused and played with better energy and Pace it did seem like going

Midway through the third quarter and going into the fourth that they were going to come upsh especially when Donovan Mitchell finally started turning things on and had been relatively quiet all night and when it seemed like the Bulls weren’t going to be able to pull it out both in regulation and in the

First overtime you had the Miss free throw from vvi and regulation then Demar couldn’t knocked down the game winning Basket in regulation to then the Bulls being down two possessions in overtime with less than 20 seconds to go Demar quickly scores they foul Cav split the free throws and knowing the bulls with

How they’ve been shooting threes recently I thought there’s just no way that they were going to be able to sink a three to tie the game and send it into double overtime but thanks to the Cavs and the mental lapse of Jared Allen fouling Demar de Rosen shortly after the

Ball was inbounded and dear having the presence of mind to hoist up the shot to get sent to the line for three free throws calmly knocks all of them down despite putting in over 44 minutes at that time the king in the fourth the king in overtime whatever you want to

Call him dud had 11 points alone in the second overtime period kicking off that period with a quick five points to set the tone Drummond with a monster block on the other end throws down a putback hammer to more or less seal the game the Cavs made me a little nervous when they

Started knocking down some threes after that to try to get close but it wasn’t enough not when you have the excellent free throw shooting of Demar de rozan and the Bulls walk away with a double overtime win so the Bulls last night set a record for the worst three-point

Percentage in a game for shooting more than 29 threes in a game tonight they set a new record but on the positive side with 74 rebounds the most in the NBA this season and the most we have seen in the league in the past nine Seasons now granted it helps that the

Game went into double overtime but even before going into overtime the Bulls just had over 60 boards in regulation which had been a team high for them I mean rebounding won this game for the Bulls they outrebounded the Cavs 74 to 39 I’ve never seen a disparity like that

From as far back as I can remember in following the game of basketball the Bulls absolutely outworked and dominated the glass against the Cavs who were actually a good rebounding team they’re seventh in the NBA in rebounding and it’s en large part from their double bigs and Jared Allen and Evan Moy but

With the Bulls going with their double big lineup tonight in the starting lineup the Cavs could not get rebounds on both ends of the floor the Bulls had 25 offensive rebounds alone in this game they actually had 20 offensive boards in the first half which was the first time

They’ve done that in franchise history dating all the way back to 1997 back to the Jordan years Second Chance opportuni Second Chance points is what won this game for the Bulls and it would not have happened if it weren’t for Billy Donan going with v and Drummond in the

Starting lineup tonight Drummond was absolutely phenomenal 17 points 26 rebounds nine offensive rebounds and second chance points eight for 12 from the floor three blocks Drummond brought the hustle and energy especially in the second OT when the Bulls were without vuvi because he had fouled out of the

Game Jared Allen is a good Center and mo is an incredible rim protector but neither of them could match up against Drummond tonight on both ends of the floor Allen had four rebounds in this game compared to Drummond’s 26 V another solid game for him he was active he was

Aggressive had some nice spinning moves for easy hook shots getting Moy with a fake and the Up and Under Fu 24 points 13 rebounds five assists two Steals and two blocks was just doing a little bit of everything yes including hitting a couple threes I was great in this one as

Well he was excellent in guarding Donovan Mitchell tonight you know Mitchell had a very quiet game only took 13 shots couldn’t find the open look in most possessions was 5 for 13 19 points missed the game winner in overtime five turnovers and he struggled in large part

Tonight because of IO but even the defens as side iow was great on offense as well 21 points got his three-point shooting back going four for n from Deep to go along with three rebounds and four assists and then dear more or less quiet throughout the game heading into the

Fourth quarter and then he took over and just did his thing team High 35 points didn’t shoot the ball especially well but he had a couple of big threes did the most of his damage at the foul line 35 points 10 rebounds five assists and zero turnovers and then Kobe white you

Know Kobe’s been struggling yes I’m a little concerned because you would have thought he would finally be back into a shooting groove by now cuz it’s been quite a few games but what I did like seeing from Kobe tonight compared to last night was that he was Finding other

Ways to get involved last night it seemed like he was forcing shots up too much not getting plays set up not passing the ball around well and getting his teammates involved tonight though only 14 points on 5 for 20 shooting two for 13 from three but 12 assists and

Eight rebounds flirted yet again with another triple double and look despite having the poor shooting night he was a te team High plus 16 in the game he was very impactful when he was out there dude played 50 minutes absolutely insane dear 49 minutes I mean these guys have

To be absolutely gassed telling the most minutes in the NBA this season but hey the guy I really wanted to talk about the guy coming off the bench and what was essentially his NBA debut where he didn’t play Garbage time minutes roll out batim I can’t say his first name I

Apologize but batim the guy the Bulls signed in the offseason to a two-way deal they recently converted it to a standard NBA contract we were all kind of scratching our heads why well here’s why comes into his first real NBA game hit a couple of threes when the Bulls

Needed it and then closed out the game for the Bulls in one of the biggest games for this team in double overtime if you had told me the team was going to be in the closing lineup of a game in a double overtime contest against the Cavs

I would have said you were crazy and he was getting minutes before vuvi got fouled out as well a solid game for him 10 points six rebounds hit some clutch free throws in overtime as well 28 minutes 28 very solid minutes in the rotation credit to Billy Donan for

Trying something new and thinking out of the box a bit to mix things up and to try to get some energy going for this team and having B team in there was just what they needed especially with no Alex guso tonight on his birthday by the way

I actually was certain the Bulls were going to lose this game when it was announced that AC was going to be missing the game I thought there was no way they were going to be able to stop Mitchell and Garland without Alex kuso but hey this team surprises us every day

You really can never be sure what to expect from this team so I guess this win kind of cancels out the bad loss against the Pistons I mean it would have been nice for the Bulls to get the win in that game to further inch their way

Up in the standings but this was probably a game most of us thought was going to be a loss but the Pistons game we probably thought was going to be a win so I guess we can consider it breaking even whatever I don’t even know

What to make of this team anymore but a good win let’s see if they can use this momentum going up against the bucks on Friday before they head out West let me know what you guys thought of the game as always be sure to subscribe and I will see you in the next

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