The Bulls are leaving a red hot Mike Bibby at the 3 point line....Rose has got to stick on Bibby like glue otherwise Mike will shoot...he's a great perimeter shooter..don't let him get clear looks.
I'm just going to mark this 3 wins and 5 losses for us. . I really hate to give up on the Bulls with time on the clock, but we always do something crazy that causes turnovers.
We probably would have won if Drew Gooden played. We had Deng playing center for a good 3-4 minute stretch. Derrick Rose also has to learn to play defense. He let Bibby get open too often. And our big men were downright pathetic.
Bulls did a better job of moving the ball on offense and stuck around a lot longer than they might have. Unfortunately, moving the ball more seems to marginalize BG because he struggles to catch and shoot for some unknown reason. It's the exact opposite for Deng, interestingly.
I think they'll both improve. I'm cautiously optimistic that Deng's figuring out where to go and what to do. At least from the fuzzy looking stream I was watching, he was pretty much in constant motion offensively. Ben had a few spots of that. He and Rose have figured out how to spot him up for an open 3, but they still look mechanical, uncomfortable, and not really in sync. They mostly trade off doing their own thing.
I think it was just a bad game for Gordon. Like on his only spot up three attempt he lost balance and fell down. In the third quarter he was airballing and sending up short shots. He just needs to go get a bunch of shots up to get his shot down.
