Chicago Bulls Hauv Rough Patch Ntawm Midway Point Ntawm 2021-22 Lub Caij

Chicago Bulls yeej Detroit Pistons los ntawm 46 cov ntsiab lus hnub Tuesday dhau los no, txav mus rau 27-11 ntawm 2021-22 lub caij nyoog hauv cov txheej txheem thiab teeb tsa lawv tus kheej rau lub sijhawm los ua cov lus sib tw tiag tiag hauv kev ua si hauv TV hauv tebchaws hauv tsev tawm tsam Brooklyn Nets thiab Golden State Warriors.

Hloov chaw, Bulls raug kev txom nyem los ntawm kev poob ntsej muag rau Nets thiab Warriors, nrog Zach LaVine raug mob lub hauv caug thaum ntxov ntawm 42-point poob rau Golden State rau hnub Friday. Chicago tau tshaj tawm lub lim tiam los ntawm kev ua rau lub sijhawm lig rau lub ntsiab lus tawm tsam Celtics hauv Boston rau hnub Saturday, muab yim qhov kawg ntawm qhov kev ua si hauv 114-112 poob. Nikola Vucevic tsis pom qhov qhib dav ntawm qhov kev ua si uas muaj peev xwm-yeej 3 hauv vib nas this kawg ntawm kev poob siab.

Cov Bulls tam sim no muaj lawv thawj peb-kev ua si poob streak ntawm lub caij thiab tau poob plaub ntawm lawv tsib xeem dhau los thaum lawv ntaus rau nruab nrab ntawm qhov kev sib tw. Lub lim tiam tom ntej no muaj cov kev ua si nyuaj tawm tsam Memphis Grizzlies (txoj kev), Cleveland Cavaliers (tsev) thiab Milwaukee Bucks (txoj kev), txhais tau tias XNUMX-kev ua si poob ntau heev hauv kev ua si, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog nrog txhua yam teeb meem kev noj qab haus huv uas cuam tshuam rau cov npe.

LaVine dodged mos txwv nrog nws lub hauv caug raug mob thiab yuav tsis nco lub sij hawm ntev, tab sis nws tsis paub meej tias thaum twg nws yuav rov qab los rau hauv cov kab ke. Lonzo Ball tau teem tseg kom nco tsawg kawg lwm qhov kev ua si nrog lub hauv caug raug mob uas ua rau nws tawm ntawm Celtics poob. Alex Caruso yuav rov qab los sai sai, tab sis nws tawm tsam Grizzlies rau "rov qab mus rau kev sib tw rov kho dua." Derrick Jones Jr. yuav plam tsawg kawg yog ob peb lub lis piam nrog mob hauv caug raug mob hauv lub sijhawm qhib ntawm 26-point poob rau Brooklyn. Patrick Williams, Javonte Green thiab Tyler Cook tseem nyob tsis tau.

Ntxiv rau txhua qhov no, DeMar DeRozan tau thim rov qab los ntawm MVP daim ntawv nws tau nthuav tawm rau ntau ntawm thawj ib nrab ntawm lub caij. Lub hnub qub Bulls yog qhov nruab nrab tsuas yog 21.4 ntsiab lus ntawm 45.3% kev tua thaum Lub Ib Hlis thiab tsis tau ntaus 3 tus taw tes txij li nws qhov thib ob sib law liag-buzzer rau Hnub Xyoo Tshiab. Nws txoj kev tiv thaiv tsis zoo kuj tau ua lub luag haujlwm hauv Chicago poob txhua txoj hauv kev mus rau 19th hauv kev tiv thaiv kev ntaus nqi, txawm tias Caruso qhov kev ncua ntev thiab lwm yam kev raug mob tseem yog qhov tseem ceeb hauv daim swb no.

Yog li, lub sijhawm nyuaj tam sim no rau pab pawg Bulls uas yog ib zaj dab neeg zoo tshaj plaws ntawm lub caij nyoog rau feem ntau ntawm thawj ib nrab. Chicago tseem tuav tau qhov zoo dua qub nyob rau sab saum toj ntawm Lub Rooj Sab Laj Sab Hnub Tuaj thiab yog nyob rau hauv kev sib tw rau 54 yeej, tab sis tam sim no tsuas muaj 2.5 kev ua si sib cais lawv thiab thib rau- noob Cleveland Cavaliers. Muab ob peb qhov kev ua si tom ntej no, Bulls tuaj yeem yooj yim plam zoo hauv qhov sawv.

Kev tawm tsam txuas ntxiv tsuas yog ua rau kev sib tham nyob ib puag ncig lub sijhawm ua lag luam yuav los tom ntej uas nthuav ntau dua. Yog tias Bulls tab tom ploj mus, nws nyuaj rau pom lawv tso Patrick Williams hauv kev txav mus los. Tib yam tuaj yeem hais rau Coby White.

Qhov xwm zoo yog Chicago tseem muaj sijhawm txaus kom noj qab haus huv thiab tig txhua yam. Lub sijhawm ua kom yooj yim me ntsis tom qab kev ua si Bucks hauv Milwaukee rau hnub Friday, thiab kev cia siab yog Bulls yuav noj qab nyob zoo thaum ntawd. Txawm hais tias lawv raug kev txom nyem los ntawm 27-kev ua si poob streak thiab poob rau 17-XNUMX, lawv tuaj yeem yooj yim ua tiav lub hli ntawm daim ntawv muaj zog thiab mus rau lwm qhov kev sib tw ntev.

Peb tau pom tias pab pawg Bulls no tuaj yeem ua tau zoo npaum li cas ntawm ob sab ntawm lub tsev hais plaub thaum lawv muaj lawv cov neeg tseem ceeb. Txawm hais tias lawv tsis nyiam nyob rau sab hnub tuaj, lawv lub qab nthab tseem siab thiab ua rau lawv muaj kev sib ntaus sib tua tawm tsam leej twg. Kevin Durant's sprained MCL ntxiv lwm qhov wrinkle rau tag nrho qhov sib npaug no, txawm hais tias nws xav tias yuav rov qab los rau qee lub sijhawm tom qab lub caij no.

Chicago tsis tuaj yeem cia qhov kev ntxhib no txhais tau lawv. Kev sib ntaus tus shorthanded Bulls qhia tawm tsam Celtics (rookie Ayo Dosunmu yog keeb kwm) tsawg kawg yog ib kauj ruam ntawm txoj hauv kev zoo tom qab kev txaj muag tawm tsam cov Nets thiab Warriors. Txawm hais tias ob peb qhov kev ua si tom ntej no tsis mus rau lawv txoj kev, Chicago tseem tuaj yeem rov qab mus rau hauv txoj kev loj.

Qhov thib ob ib nrab ntawm lub caij 2021-22 no yuav yog qhov txaus nyiam rau Billy Donovan's Chicago Bulls.