The Bulls today at home to meet the Back-to-Back Away Warriors, it is worth mentioning that the Warriors have only won one of the last 5 games, and just lost to the Bucks on the road yesterday, trailing by 39 points at halftime, but against such Warriors, the Bulls suffered a fiasco today.
In the end, the Bulls lost to the Warriors 96-138 at home, losing by as many as 42 points. Despite a big defeat, the Bulls still ranked first in the East, but only one win ahead of the second Heat in the East.
Before today's crushing defeat to the Warriors, the Bulls had already suffered a crushing defeat in the last game, also at home, when they lost 112-138 to the Nets, losing 26 points. Interestingly, in both games, the Bulls lost 138 points, and 138 points were also the highest single-game points of the season for the Nets and Warriors.
In two consecutive games, against the league's top teams, the Bulls have suffered a crushing defeat and are powerless, which shows that their Eastern Conference number one may still have some moisture. If they are so vulnerable in front of a strong team, then even if the Bulls have a good regular season record, they will not go far in the playoffs, and they are likely to be defeated by their opponents.
Of course, there are objective reasons why the Bulls have suffered two consecutive fiascos. First of all, in these two games, the Bulls have injured players at the beginning, against the Nets is Jones Jr. injured to leave the game, today's game is also Lavine injured early departure, which will inevitably have a great impact on the Bulls' platooning and morale.
In addition, the Bulls already had several important players out of the game, inevitably Caruso and Patrick Williams, which also affected their strength. The most important thing is that the Warriors and nets are really strong, the Nets are a big three, and the Warriors Thompson has also returned, although Thompson and Green are absent from today's game, but the Bulls are less than Lavin, and the strength is definitely far inferior to the Warriors.
If the Bulls keep the lineup in order, they can theoretically still compete with the Nets and Warriors, even if they can't play, they won't suffer such a fiasco, which is obviously abnormal, not the normal level of the Bulls.