Bulls fall to Oklahoma City showing old problems

[Rush]

It's not a surprise that the Bulls lost to Oklahoma City, and the reason why they lost were a mixture of old and new problems. The old problems? The Bulls had no source of traditional efficient offense, few free throw...

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By: Doug Thonus

 

[pinkizdead]

i kinda wish the bulls as a whole would have passed the ball more often, and brought in more of the motion offense from the off season. instead people just stood around, and watced derrick rose go to work. the high pick and role with noah is back. honestly i kinda wished rose shot a few less shots during the second half.

 

[waldo7239117]

What needs to change:

Korver needs to shoot when he has the ball.
Brewer needs to look like a good signing.
The Bulls seem like they were afraid to shoot.

I expect all this to happen againt Det on Sat and the Bulls will be fine. There's nothing to worry about. They will go on a good winning streak and still be win their division.

 

[Globetrotter]

So I guess I'm the only one who thought the officiating was a joke. The free throw differential between the two teams was ridiculous.

The officials have too much control over a games outcome.

 

[RamiTheBullsFan]

The Thunder got all of the benefit of the doubt calls, but that isn't what cost the Bulls the game. They lost it down the stretch.

 

[Scoot26]

The Thunder got all of the benefit of the doubt calls, but that isn't what cost the Bulls the game. They lost it down the stretch.

Yeah until those last 4 minutes the Bulls had overcome the foul calls...The last 4 minutes they just couldnt do anything on offense. And it mostly just looked like sloppy play by the Bulls rather than good D by Oklahoma.

 

[sicko]

with Boozer out the Pressure fall on Deng even more, Deng cannot Dribble so he can't take his defender off the dribble, every time he tries he is stumbling all over the damn court and is completely out of control

Bulls need a good Passing PG that can help that second unit get easy shots especially when Rose is on the bench, it showed yesterday that the Bulls are basically the same team they was last year, yes having defense is Important but you still have to SCORE POINTS and they have NOBODY other then Rose that can just go off and create shots for himself and carry this team offensively

I seen a article complaining about Rose 31 shot attempts...he really had no choice because nobody else was doing much, Korver was trying to provide Rose with some help but Thabo did a great job on him, Korver couldn't get away form him at all, he was all over him and stopped him from shooting a few times down the stretch

it is only one game but it would be nice if somebody give Rose some help and stop standing around just watching Rose and waiting for Rose to pass them the Ball, then when Rose passes them the ball it comes right back to him lol

I MISS BEN GORDON!!! would have kept him over DENG that is for sure! Gordon was the prefect player for Rose because BG could be a Spot Up Shooter AND create his own shot when Rose was on the bench

 

[Crystallas]

Yeah until those last 4 minutes the Bulls had overcome the foul calls...The last 4 minutes they just couldnt do anything on offense. And it mostly just looked like sloppy play by the Bulls rather than good D by Oklahoma.

I would actually say the moment where Deng was called for goaltending, when he had a clear-as-day block, was the moment he mentally checked out of the game. That made all of the difference in the world in the 4th.

 

[pinkizdead]

The Thunder got all of the benefit of the doubt calls, but that isn't what cost the Bulls the game. They lost it down the stretch.

part of it is that one guy can't be your offense for 48 minutes.

 

[theCHI_Life84]

lets not forget that the thunder are an up and coming team in the west, and are expected to make leaps this season. theyre a good team, and if the bulls dont have boozer, theyre the better team. no worries with this loss, i wasnt expecting them to win this game in the first place.

for the bulls to stay close for most of the game despite the huge FT differential and sloppy offense, that kinda says something.

 

[Derkach77]

We almost won the game. You cant blame "old" problems because no matter what you say this team is way better then the past few years even with Boozer injured. Brewer and Korver are not at 100% either. Why don't you give the team a break after facing one of the best western conference teams in their homecourt, and that team has chemistry when ours still does not.