This latest Bulls blunder was fueled mainly by poor interior defensive rotations, failure to consistently box out, and a general lack of effort down the stretch.
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Los Angeles might be able to continue its late success as it looks to win its first three on a five-game road swing.
With Redick on the floor this season, the Clippers’ offense scores a ridiculous average of 11.8 more points per 100 possessions than when he’s on the bench. It wasn’t one of DeAndre Jordan’s 19 rebounds or his colossal slam over Greg Monroe.
First, because Milwaukee squandered an eleven point first half lead (much like they did against Portland on Monday night).
It’s the second time this season that Chicago have lost three-straight games as they also had a losing streak to start the season. This game is going to be a huge indicator in terms of how the Bulls address their own rebounding issues now roughly a quarter of the way through the season.
“We’re not going to say that we’ve perfected anything”, said Clippers point guard Chris Paul, who recorded a season-high 18 assists to go with his 18 points. It’s one thing to get burned on a play or two, but giving up a layup off a made basket should never happen. If the Bulls can not win the rebounding battle tonight against the Clippers’ two-man show, it is going to raise some serious questions about Fred Hoiberg’s rotation of the frontcourt and who fits into it going forward. The 29-year-old Mbah a Moute again was in the Clippers starting five on Wednesday night against the Bucks. It will be possibly that I don’t play next year, but that’s something I’ll evaluate with myself and my family.
“He’s just an intangibles player. We’re just trying to figure things out”. For the love of Jimmy, let’s hope it doesn’t come to that. In those last seven games Paul Pierce has not played more than 15 minutes in any of them and he has really not contributed all that much to the Clippers this season like he was expected to.
The Bulls will hang around for an undetermined period of time, and then Pau Gasol will get his feelings hurt.
“Once you hit a couple in a row in the third quarter”, Redick said, “you kind of feel it a little bit”.
Trailing by 11 with 5 minutes remaining in the game, the Bucks made a last ditch attempt to close a game they had kept disappointingly close through the first half. I am sincerely hoping the BaB-jinx rears its ugly head and proves me wrong, but in the immortal words of Ramona Shelburne, “Clippers gon’ clip”.
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The match is on December 10, 2015 at 8:00 PM ET.
