Chicago Bulls Preseason Game No. 5: Five Takeaways From Wednesday’s Loss to Detroit
2. The “jumbo lineup” experiment was … bad (as expected)
Hoiberg on why he ditched the jumbo lineup in 2nd half: "We weren’t very energetic out of the gate."
— K.C. Johnson (@KCJHoop) October 15, 2015
The Bulls found themselves down 28-21 after a quarter and the experiment of having Nikola Mirotic, Pau Gasol and Joakim Noah on the floor together didn’t bring positive results. The ball movement was slow — along with Detroit playing some hard-nosed perimeter defense — and the pace was slower than the previous four games.
With the big lineup and Noah/Taj back playing, Bulls only 3/11 on 3s in first half.
— Nate Duncan (@NateDuncanNBA) October 15, 2015
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