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Basketball » NBA (M), Round of 16
21.04.2015. 02:00 Finished
Chicago - Milwaukee (91:82)

The Bucks have no solution for the Bulls lately

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Rose and co. won 7 out of the last 8 head-to-head games by an average of 12 points, limiting the Bucks to only 85.3 points on average

Since they finally finished regular season complete and healthy, for the first time in three long years, the Bulls set off into playoffs with high expectation. The brilliant Rose and Butler made sure that we see no surprises in the first game of the series as they took on the Bucks. 

The visitors from Milwaukee did well in the first quarter but the Bulls went on to take a 9-point lead by halftime. The Bucks got closer early in the second half but Rose scored 3 straight three pointers for a 15-7 that got his team into an 11-points lead, which they kept till the end. 

- Rose is a special player. It was brilliant watching him play today - Noah said about Rose, while coach Thins added:

- It's very clear we are a much better team when he's on the floor. He did great today. I hope he will be in good health in the period to come.

The Bulls won in the end even though they didn't do their best as they recorded 19 turnovers, which was evened out by good rebounding (52-41) and good defense that limited the opponents to field goal efficiency of only 39.3%.

On the other hand, the Bulls had 45.8% shooting, lead by Butler with 25 points and 6 assists and Rose (23 points and 7 assists). Even though he finished with a double-double (10 points and 13 rebounds), Pau Gasol didn't have a brilliant performance either since he needed 17 shots for those 10 points. He is expected to do better today since he recorded carrier-high 46 points precisely against the Bucks this season.

- They tried to make scoring as tough as possible for me. They have been doing it in each game since I scored 46 points. I have to adjust to it. If they focus on me, that means there is room for someone else to step up - Gasol said.

Having recorded an easy win in Game 1, the Bulls will try and take a 2-0 lea today. Coach Tibodeau's team will need to play as good on the defensive end as they have in the last five games, in which they limited the opponents to an average of 89.4 points, with field goal efficiency of 39.1%.

- I think my players realize we won only one game. We need to focus on what comes next and not think about the last game or the one to come after this. We need to be focused only on the next one - the coach said.

While the Bulls have a reason to be relatively happy about Game 1, the Bucks fell short of expectation in almost all segments of the game, especially in defense in the first half and offensive inefficiency.

- We conceded 60 points in the first half and that pace set the course of the game. We are not an offense-oriented team that can keep up with that. We need to watch it again and see where the mistakes were - coach Kidd said.

The only one who did somewhat well was Middleton who recorded 18 points (7-for-17), while Ilyasova added 15.

- This was the first even playoff game for many of these players. The pressure was therefore massive but I think that is in the past now. We have a good chance to win on Monday - Bayless said.

Even though what he said sounds good, we need to point out that the Bucks lost 7 out of the last 8 games against the Bulls, by an average of 12 points. Even worse, they were limited to an average of 85.3 points in those games, meaning they need to be at a much higher level than Saturday in order to do something today. 


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