D. Nowitzki 20 Rose 12 Bulls 43% Dallas 37% Dallas is 16-18 from the line, bulls are 6-7. Bulls are being out rebounded again 25-19 Noah has 7 pts 6 reboundes
Easy there feisty ? The Bulls may start out slow and rack up the losses on the circus trip -- I think they probably will -- but it won't be because the Mavs played Jason Terry, Dirk and Caron Butler down the stretch and the Bulls played Omer Asik, Brian Scalabrine and Kyle Weaver. The Mavs were playing to win for some reason; the Bulls weren't. The Bulls outplayed the Mavs starters in general, but there's nothing to take away from the outcome of this one.
Winning is a culture thing. Jordan didn't want to lose, ever. I mean, shouldn't the preseason games be about learning to win as a team?
I'm a little confused about our lack of rebounding. Although I guess I shouldn't be, a lot of that I saw resting on Boozer
Maybe the new defensive system causes our key rebounders to be out of position much of the time? Or it could be we're not really playing very strong rebounders much in the preseason games.