Bulls Come Up Short To Spurs In Third Straight Loss | Billy Donovan’s Coaching Drops The Ball
The Chicago Bulls drop their third straight game, falling 121-117 to the San Antonio Spurs despite holding a 10-point lead late in the third quarter. Without Josh Giddey and Coby White, the Bulls competed hard but collapsed in the fourth quarter, getting outscored 32-19 as Victor Wembanyama torched them for 38 points down the stretch.
Haize breaks down critical coaching decisions by Billy Donovan, particularly keeping Nikola Vučević on the floor despite defensive struggles while Jalen Smith dominated on both ends. Tre Jones and Kevin Huerter stepped up with 20+ point performances, and Matas Buzelis bounced back with 15 points. The analysis covers the Bulls’ concerning inability to score in crunch time, defensive breakdowns against Wembanyama and Luke kornet, and what needs to change as they prepare for Detroit.
Tune in for an honest assessment of where this young Bulls team stands at 6-4, including optimism about their competitiveness once fully healthy.
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Let’s all try to stay positive. It’s gonna be a fun year of Bulls basketball. See Red!
They are young and injured it should even out and they will learn from this crap and that was a goaltend
Same old Bulls. Can't hold a lead to save their lives. They will be back down to 9th or 10th in no time. So sick of this piss poor organization.
YOU HAVE TO DOUBLE WEMBY!!! lol
Billy Donovan youve coached Vooch for 5 years now. You know this mfer defense is not good. You had a excuse to leave him in crunch time even when times he shouldn't have been in when Drummond outplayed him, but not this season when you have another big like Jalen Smith ballin
Well there’s one thing all teams we lost to had that we didn’t, a superstar player to take over, Wemby, Donovan, Giannis, Brunson.. that’s the difference, White will be an upgrade, but he is nowhere near a superstar
The past 3 games show why "a roster of good players" isn't enough. You need a star.
Relocate the Bulls to somewhere out of state. Everybody hates them again!
Nikola Vucevic on his strong late contests of Victor Wembanyama 3s: “He’s, what, 7-5? There’s not much you can do. I’m not sure how much he even sees me.”
Bro this dude gotta go. This is who billy donovan has in crunch time defending him over jalen smith who is way shorter than vooch but seem to had no problem guarding him or going at him
🍿🍿🍿😭😭😭
We need bigger defensive wing players, all of our players aren’t strong enough or tall enough smh We should trade for Jabari Smith Jr tbh
Not doubling Wemby is sooo dumb it’s the only thing that works
Bro is pissed today 😂
I be feeling like it’s a mindset with Chicago players. They feel like they can’t be great because of Jordan. Like he is the greatest the bulls will ever have mindset. Idk my opinion 🤷🏾♂️
We by took over.
2 minutes in the game I knew it was over. One man on Wemby year 3 is crazy work by Bily Donnovan. Go Spurs Go!
No Defense, NONE.👎
Yall might as well get ready for BARELY making the play-in if even that! what im saying is not because of the 3 game losing streak its because of coaching and the roster! This team is not built to do any typa significant winning! They will get lucky and win some games but even during the winning streak i seen nothing that proved to me they could sustain winning more than they lost! Most of those wins were coming back from a deficit & we had piss poor starts to most of those games! We dont have enough toughness & are undersized up front we get abused in da paint regularly and outmuscled. This team is soft af, questionable coaching & incompetent talent scouts. As much as i love the Bulls and want to support them, i cant keep supporting an organization that refuses to put a TOUGH and competitive team together . They always go for mild mannered, halfway zesty guys with NO Typa dawg in em
4th loss is coming the curse of Michael Jordan is so strong🎉
We can’t beat teams that have a real big man.
From no 1 to no 6,no 12 is coming,losing streak is coming believe me chicago bulls is a trash team.
All good. The Bulls are fighting hard despite being under manned. The difference is in the past I would have expected the Bulls to get blown out. But this team is different. They have grit, fight and determination. I support that all day.
Btw shout out to Kevin Huerter slowly becoming one of my favorite Bulls. Love his game.
Let’s go Bulls!
Vooch has to go
It seems billy Donovan performs best when the players lead the team. If the players take the lead, show direction, and build team chemistry and play for eachother. Billy rides on the players leadership and fight.
I hope Josh starts strapping his ankles. His too young to be risking his health this early in his career. The ankles are clearly a weakness and hard to strengthen on their own. If he had stood on a foot I'd get it but it just rolled from lateral movement. Hope he gets well looked after and seeks some advice beyond rehab to protect his ankles going forward.
In my honest opinion putting up 117 while missing our 2 best scorers/players is a positive to me. The guys went out there and played well
I agree. Vooch shouldn't have been on the court, kornet had like 4 alley oops like he was Blake Griffen. billy coaching lost us two straight games
Team is trash!! Same shit different year!!! Guess I'll be following the Blackhawks this Winter🤬
LIKE I SAID ALL ALONG WHY DID THEY EXTEND BILLY DONAVAN HIS CONTRACT…BILLY DONAVAN SHOULD CALL PHIL JACKSON TO GET A TIP HOW TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP..
They’re going to win more games. No worries
People will look at the record over the last 3 and over react. If we were full strength the chances of us winning 2 out of the 3 go way up
BRING MICHEAL JORDAN AGAIN
Is because everyone brings the A game against the spurs . The spurs are scary , watch out !!!
W E N B A N Y A M A ! !