The bulls are officially scuffling and in a rut now. Boozer had another not so great defensive effort.
I'm done with Bogans. Did I mention that? Playing him was a luxury when the Bulls were winning but now it's just painful. Thibodeau has to help Korver and Brewer produce more. You can't start the most unproductive shooting guard in the league when you have much better options on the bench. (And I'm tired of seeing him get lit up on defense. Enough already.)
Boozer isn't the problem. It's Bogans 14 minutes 0 points, Thomas 22 minutes 0 points, and Asik 13 minutes 0 points. Add it up and it's 49 minutes of ZERO. Just 2 points for each of those guys and it's a tie game.
If they're not getting the ball on offense then how are they going to score? Boozer, Rose and Deng are the guys you want shooting. Not Bogans, Asik, or Thomas. The bulls scored more than enough points to win this game and the NJ game, the problem was they gave up way too many points.
It would be nice to see Brewer start instead of Bogans. After this two disappointing losses and a 3-game losing streaking just ahead with the next game against the Celtics, it is time for a little change. Isn't it? This game was the 9th game with zero points from Bogans this season. 9 of 35. 25.7 % Not good. Asik will have good games and bad games. No problem with that.
Even Jordan, Pippen, and Kukoc didn't take _all_ the shots. The "gave up way too many points" schtick is nonsensical. It might be true if scores of games were 2-0, or 5-2 like in baseball. In basketball, teams don't hold opponents to zero. The team that wins has the most points when the last period clock runs out. We held NJ to 94 points until Vujacic got the final basket. If we'd have scored 111 or 100 like we did the two previous games, this one was over.
