Chicago Bulls vs. Indiana Pacers: 3 Takeaways, Notes from Monday’s Win

All it took was the return of Michael Carter-Williams, some big shot-making from Dwyane Wade and Nikola Mirotic, and a bit of luck for the Chicago Bulls to snap out of their recent funk. Here’s a few takeaways from Monday night’s victory.

Coming into Monday night’s game with the Indiana Pacers, the Chicago Bulls were sitting at 14-16 with a 4-9 record in the month of December to the present time.

There’s no one thing to point to when it comes the recent struggles of the Bulls. Call it regressing to the mean. Call it a bad roster who was presented to the public in a more positive fashion than it should’ve been.

Regardless of your label of the Bulls and their recent nine losses in the last 13 games, they have been bad. Period.

But, Monday night was a tiny step in the right direction. Dwyane Wade was making plays like it was 2008. Nikola Mirotic had what many would call the best (and most important) game of the season for his own status.

And most importantly, the Chicago Bulls are 4-0 when Michael Carter-Williams plays in a game.

In this edition of post-game takeaways for the Bulls, we’ll examine the return of MCW, Mirotic’s potential slump-buster and a lot more.