The Bulls post-All-Star slide continued Monday with a loss to the 11th-place Knicks, leaving them just one game above the play-in fray.
Some of that is by design. DeRozan typically soaks up the majority of shot attempts while leading reserve-laden units. But it was a top-heavy dynamic, all the same, while the Knicks had Burks and Obi Toppin pick up their off-the-mark stars, and RJ Barrett tally a team-high 28.In all, the Bulls shot 6-for-22 from behind the arc, which particularly stung because of their 6-for-18 line from the midrange, and the fact that they held level at 44-44 in paint points.
And the mental lapses didn’t stop there. The Bulls also fouled two 3-point shooters — one of which resulted in a four-point play — and sent New York to the free-throw line 35 times, although fortunately for them, the Knicks made just 60 percent of those tries.saw his minutes decline — and he’s only played in five since returning from wrist rehab. In this one, he logged 13 ticks without attempting a shot.
Williams did have a couple nice defensive sequences in the second quarter — including a soaring block and strip-steal — but also committed a ghastly turnover trying to pick out a cutter on the short-roll and was largely unimpactful. Donovan pointed to him still “finding his legs,” and struggles containing Barrett and Burks as reasons for his minutes decrease, but it was notable that the Bulls’ coach turned to Javonte Green to close — over Williams — afterThe Bulls remain in the East’s fifth seed after the loss, but, with the Raptors outlasting the Celtics in overtime, fall into a tie by record with Toronto at 43-22.
The Bulls have already clinched the head-to-head tiebreaker with the Raptors and Cavaliers , but slipping to sixth or seventh in the conference — and thus, the play-in — is a possibility with seven games left in the regular season.
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