Chicago Bulls at Atlanta Hawks Takeaways: Chicago’s Abysmal Performance

The Chicago Bulls lost to the Atlanta Hawks on Saturday night, making the Bulls 2-5 in their last seven games.

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If you watched any part of the game that wasn’t the fourth quarter, then you surely were disappointed, perhaps even disgusted with the horrendous performance from the Chicago Bulls.

The Bulls came out with a lack of energy, and the team appeared to just be running through their motions. That was reflected at the end of the first quarter, when the Bulls had already found themselves in a 22-point deficit that they wouldn’t be able to recover from.

The two best players on the Bulls, Jimmy Butler and Dwyane Wade, spoke out and were upset with the ugly loss. Nick Friedell of ESPN posted what Butler said after the game:

"It’s terrible basketball. That’s not the way we’re supposed to play. It’s so disappointing because the way we practice isn’t the way that we play in the game. Don’t ask me why, I don’t know. Starting from me going all the way down the line, we’ve got to be better as a whole, as a team. Otherwise, we’re just going to keep getting our asses beat. It’s bad."

As for Wade, he decided to tweet an apology for both his and the team’s awful performance.

Chicago’s future continues to look gloomy, and Saturday’s loss provided more evidence that the Bulls can’t compete with the top teams in the league (unless it’s the Toronto Raptors, of course). Here are three takeaways from Saturday’s tough loss to the Hawks.