Saturday, March 3, 2012

defense rests –then execution

It sure would be swell if the Bulls started guarding somebody from the start of the game rather than from the start of the 45th minute.

And in that vein, any time the Bulls want to get up in Tyler Hansbrough's grille, it sure would be appreciated.

Predictably, most of Saturday's postgame conversation centered on the fourth-quarter defensive stand that helped the Bulls come back for a 104-99 victory over Indiana in their playoff opener. Euphoria feels a whole lot better than depression over defensive inadequacies.

But the Bulls won an NBA-high 62 games this season because they play defense with a ferocity considered felonious in more than a few states. On Saturday, …

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