Chicago Bulls: 1 stud, 2 duds, from road loss to Sixers

Chicago Bulls duds from loss to the Sixers: Lonzo Ball

The entire Bulls’ bench in this game could really be considered a dud with the lack of offensive production against the Sixers. While Philly got excellent production from their bench, the Bulls only got 13 points.

But we still have to go with newly signed point guard Lonzo Ball as the first dud up on the list in this loss to the Sixers. This was an uncharacteristic game from Lonzo in a number of respects. Lonzo turned the ball over a whopping five times in this game. And if you combine LaVine and Lonzo in this game, you get 10 total turnovers.

Lonzo did respond well down the stretch, but it’s still not his best outing to come up with five assists and five turnovers. That’s not what the Bulls brought him in to do. Lonzo was also cold from the floor early in this game. He did pick it up late, though, including a key three-pointer late in the fourth quarter that almost helped the Bulls tie it up.

Lonzo also registered 13 points, five rebounds, three steals, and one block in this game. And he shot 5-of-11 from the field, 3-of-6 from beyond the arc, and didn’t get any attempts from the free-throw line. You’d like to see Lonzo get to the charity stripe more often in a game like this one. But you can’t fault him for being one of just three Bulls players that scored in double figures.

This was a tough one to pick between LaVine and Lonzo. It was a tale of two stories in this game for these two. LaVine was excellent early, which is a new trend for him. But he also struggled to close this game out. Meanwhile, Lonzo struggled out of the gates but was solid late.

The deciding factor goes to all of the unforced turnovers that are so unusual for Lonzo that he had in the first half.