Bulls out of timeouts so they can't draw up a play. Korver air balls it after Rose missed a 3. Bulls lose
Had absolutely nothing to do with Bogans. Rose was sloppy on offense and Noah couldn't check Horford.
Bulls have no 2nd ballhandler on the court to help when Rose is pressured like tonight. Atlanta had 3 ballhandlers out there at the end - Hinrich, Jamal, and Johnson.
11:44 50-35 Al Horford makes 17-foot jumper (Joe Johnson assists) 2:18 Taj Gibson enters the game for Keith Bogans 61-53 Toronto, our last loss: 11:41 58-57 DeMar DeRozan makes 1-foot two point shot 4:35 Ronnie Brewer enters the game for Keith Bogans 69-73 San Antonio 11:38 51-60 Derrick Rose makes 21-foot jumper 4:48 Tony Parker makes free throw 1 of 1 71-73 Charlotte 11:41 D.J. Augustin lost ball (Derrick Rose steals) 45-52 5:09 Boris Diaw kicked ball 59-62 &c
Rose was 5-21. To me the game changed when Derrick bumped knees with Horford in the 2nd quarter. His shots were short from then on out. He had just 2 points in a little over two quarters. If Rose doesnt score, we lose. Yet we had a chance to win at the end. Couldn't do it.
Blaming Bogans is a reach worthy of Reed Richards. DRose in Q3 was HORRIBLE and that's where this one got away. Couldn't hit a shot and had 5 turnovers...all of them out-of-control, stupid or both. Bad loss, but means little in the overall scheme.
It means little, but still disappointing. Hawks were missing Smith. This was on paper the most winnable game of the 3 coming up. Oh well as Gibson said in his tweet just a while ago, on to the next one.