5 NBA Playoff Observations For Chicago Bulls Game 4 vs. Milwaukee Bucks

The Chicago Bulls showed in Game 3 that they are ready for playoff basketball. Are the Milwaukee Bucks an elite team when it comes to overall talent? No, but they brought intensity to Friday night’s match that will only aid Chicago in the future.

Here are my thoughts moving forward in Game 4 for the Bulls.

1. Nikola Mirotic Can’t Come Back This Series

Here is why.

Zaza Pachulia is one dirty dude, and there is no need to throw Mirotic to the wolves on a tired knee. I do not doubt Nikola’s toughness. If anything, his will is one of the reasons I would not trust him to speak truthfully about his health. Head injuries and knee injuries are something you just do not play around with, and it would be best if they let Mirotic come back in the second round.

2. Derrick Rose’s Minutes Must Get Reduced

That was one big win, and I am not mad at Tom Thibodeau for riding Rose in a crucial Game 3. But there is no need to play Rose over 35 minutes for the rest of this series, because it is over. The only way I would play him more than that would be if the Bucks somehow got themselves to a close match in the fourth quarter of Game 6. Ride your bench Thibs, because you have one of the four most talented rosters in the league.

3. The Cleveland Cavaliers Should Be Worried

LeBron James and company have probably the best top three players of any team in the league, but the Bulls are by far the deeper squad. It will be interesting to see these two benches go after each other, and I am thinking that they will both sweep their respective series in Game 4.

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