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Satisfying win, a lot of guys played well and at different crucial times in the game.
Not often do we have 3 guys putting up 20 spots on the board . Heck even Bazz had 3 dimes.
Dieng has really been balling the last 10 games, seems the game has slowed down for him .

Camden wrote:LaVine's been playing SG the last two games a lot... Any correlation to the better on-court team product and two wins? Me thinks so.

It helps in that you always have competence at the PG position. But boy, he kind of seems lost at times at SG too. Some of the shots he took were just unnecessarily difficult. He seems to have a hard time working off screens for simple catch and shoots. There always has to be a dribble in there for some reason, which often makes the shot a lot harder than it needs to be. Perhaps instead of working with Kobe this summer, he should spend some time with JJ Redick!

Dieng had a helluva game. 24 points, 10 of 13 Fgs, 4 of 4 Fts, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, a block and only 1 turnover. Plus a game high +10.

TeamRicky wrote:Dieng had a helluva game. 24 points, 10 of 13 Fgs, 4 of 4 Fts, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, a block and only 1 turnover. Plus a game high +10.

He starting to show he belongs in that starting lineup. It's been a real nice development this year.

Great win. Two in a row!

- Wiggins had another one of his sleepy games tonight where he didn't do much at all.....until the last few minutes. Man, he slammed the door shut on the Bulls.

- KAT was a man possessed tonight. He has elite skills and an elite motor. I can't imagine how good he's going to be 3-4 years from now.

- Our offense has really come around lately. Imagine if we shot the 3 better. We hung 112 on the Bulls with one made 3. That's incredible.

- Rubio made some nice steals, but defensively he was not good tonight. Rose should not be able to get into the paint that easily.

- I certainly like LaVine better off the ball, but he has takes some damn near impossible shots, some of which were made harder than they should have been by his own doing.

- Shabazz has been less of a factor lately, yet our offense has been just fine. Interesting.

1-12 from three point distance and we still win. The reason why? Excellent execution in the last 3 minutes. So many games come down to this.

TeamRicky wrote:Dieng had a helluva game. 24 points, 10 of 13 Fgs, 4 of 4 Fts, 13 rebounds, 7 assists, a block and only 1 turnover. Plus a game high +10.

He and KAT carried us this game until the last couple minutes when Wiggins took over. He also drew a couple charges.

Is Hoiberg's job at risk? Chicago is doing much worse than last year.

TeamRicky wrote:Is Hoiberg's job at risk? Chicago is doing much worse than last year.

I really think they missed Dunleavy, which sounds a little crazy since no one would mistake him for an All-Star, but he is a very reliable 3-point shooter that is otherwise a very smart player. Without him, they went from an average 3-point shooting team to bottom 5. Their defense is still solid, but that's fallen off a bit too.

- "Rubio made some nice steals, but defensively he was not good tonight. Rose should not be able to get into the paint that easily."

Rose shot 6-20 tonight and was hounded by Rubio. I thought the exact opposite of you. Think the Wolves bigs put unnecessary attention on Rose and continued to leave Gasol wide open too much as well.