On March 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, the Bulls lost to Philadelphia 106-121, and after the game, the American media StatMuse also updated a statistic, the Bulls this season when facing the top 3 teams in the East and West, the record is 0 wins and 14 losses.
It is also because of their poor performance in the strong dialogue that many fans label the Bulls as a "pseudo-strong team", believing that they may not go far in the playoffs. So why, deRozan's performance has evolved so much this season and his ability to play key balls, the Bulls have been unable to win a game of strong dialogue? I am afraid that this is caused by 2 reasons.
First, the Bulls' injury situation is too serious. The Bulls injured the main No. 4 Patrick Williams at the beginning of the season, and then Ball and Caruso were also injured, and these 3 players, arguably the bulls' strongest defensive ability, lost them, but also greatly reduced the quality of the Bulls' defense.
Against some weak teams, that may not be the case, after all, thanks to the output of DeRozan and Lavin, the Bulls can win. However, in the strong dialogue, the opponent's offensive ability is also very strong, but the bull is attacking and defending, and it is naturally difficult to confront the opponent. Not to mention that in this game against Philadelphia, the Bulls' main center Vucevic is also absent, in this case, how can they limit Embiid?
Second, Bulls head coach Donovan is too fond of letting star players play a lot of singles. This was reflected in Donovan's coaching of the Thunder, and in the strong dialogue, although the singles ability of star players is important, at the critical moment, only the star singles move, it is difficult to go far.
From the current situation, if a few of the Bulls' injured players can return before the start of the playoffs, it will be of great help to them, but if they really want to become a championship team, they still need to improve in the team offensive aspect, otherwise they only rely on the star singles, and with durant and Westbrook in hand, Donovan will only go to the division finals.