Chicago Bulls vs Minnesota Timberwolves Takeaways: Rough day in Minneapolis
Chicago Couldn’t Capitalize on the Timberwolves’ Biggest Weakness
Without Butler, Wade, Paul Zipser, and Nikola Mirotic, the Bulls were limping into Sunday’s game.
The only feasible way for Chicago to pull away with a victory would have been if they capitalized on Minnesota’s biggest weakness, which is their interior defense.
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In my takeaway piece regarding Tuesday’s game versus the Kings, I complimented the way the Bulls continuously played through the post, and how it helped them earn their victory in Sacramento.
All the Bulls needed to do tonight was the same thing. Play through Robin Lopez and Taj Gibson, and let everything else feed off of that.
Instead, even after the initial possessions fed to Lopez in the post worked out well, the Bulls steered away from post play, instead opting for a drive and kick playstyle.
Driving, kicking and swinging sounds very effective (and it can be) unless you’re the worst 3-point shooting team in the league, in which case the defense collapses, there’s nowhere to go with the basketball, and your team ends up with just 87 points.
In a game where the Bulls were severely undermanned, playing to their strengths was critical to success. Unfortunately for Chicago, they did just the opposite.