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Bulls @ Thunder 7pm CT Mar. 31 2025 

Post#1 » by 2weekswithpay » Mon Mar 31, 2025 12:58 pm

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Post#3 » by Chi town » Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:28 pm

Probably smart to get these guys some rest but I wish we had a fully healthy team for this final stretch even though we only play 2-3 non tanking teams.

Don’t think Tre will be ready for the play in. Hopefully Zo will though.
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Post#4 » by kodo » Mon Mar 31, 2025 4:34 pm

Should rest Giddey he's been Questionable due to injuries for weeks now, since before the Lakers games. Would rather have Giddey ready vs Toronto which is tomorrow rather than have him unavailable tomorrow and lose to Toronto as well as OKC.
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Post#5 » by ImSlower » Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:03 pm

A night off and I'm staying in to watch this (and my Cardinals on the other monitor). I really like watching OKC - other than SGA's foul-focused offense. I assume they'll get an easy win here which would be fun to watch. Or! The Bulls get what would probably be a top 3 victory in the season. Barring disaster, I'm going to enjoy watching the game.

The way I see it, the lottery odds for the Bulls are almost completely locked in with us and Miami; everyone worse will keep getting worse, and I don't see PHO or SAC falling behind the Bulls record. Similarly, I don't care about the play-in seeds 9 or 10. The final score of our games is almost completely irrelevant to my watching patterns the rest of the season. Wins against big teams are the best outcome, but losses are fine as long as we're getting an idea of what 2026 is going to look like.

For tonight - sure hope White doesn't get into foul trouble; lots of our guards are out and he'll probably have to play 40+ minutes.
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Post#8 » by rosenthall » Mon Mar 31, 2025 5:45 pm

Would prefer the Bulls just rest guys for the rest of the season to get them healthy for the play-in and beyond. The rest of our schedule doesn't matter that much. We're 90% locked into the 9/10 seed right now and health will play a bigger role in our success than seeding.

I hope we strategically sit guys out for the rest of the year. Make the final 2 games a dress rehearsal where the starters play ~25 minutes and go into the game against Miami healthy.
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Post#9 » by NecessaryEvil » Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:00 pm

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Post#10 » by Jcool0 » Mon Mar 31, 2025 6:46 pm

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I mean what do you expect him to say "God no, we are so screwed!"
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Post#11 » by Red8911 » Mon Mar 31, 2025 7:16 pm

Giddey is playing, I knew he wouldn’t miss this one against his former team who traded him but probably rests tomorrow I’m guessing.
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Post#12 » by HearshotKDS » Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:10 pm

Just hoping to see good games from the young players, at this point the team is playing with house money with regard to the record.
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Post#13 » by Muzbar » Mon Mar 31, 2025 8:47 pm

Giddey should rest a few games, especially if their goal is to make the playoffs. I mean it's not like the team is going to miss the play-in. Just rest him and get him healthy for the final stretch.
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Post#14 » by The Force. » Mon Mar 31, 2025 9:17 pm

This one could get ugly fast. Mavs were the first team to really challenge us defensively during this winning stretch. OKC has a historically good defense so if they shut down Giddey I won’t be surprised, however I will be concerned that it happened twice in a row.

I’ll be shocked if this isn’t a blowout by the 2nd quarter.
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Post#15 » by WindyCityBorn » Mon Mar 31, 2025 10:03 pm

The Force. wrote:This one could get ugly fast. Mavs were the first team to really challenge us defensively during this winning stretch. OKC has a historically good defense so if they shut down Giddey I won’t be surprised, however I will be concerned that it happened twice in a row.

I’ll be shocked if this isn’t a blowout by the 2nd quarter.


I wouldn’t be concerned. This is going to be a beat down. Thunder are historically good on defense and they have what should be the league MVP. If we stay with 10 I’ll be pleased.
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Re: Bulls @ Thunder 7pm CT Mar. 31 2025 

Post#16 » by DASMACKDOWN » Tue Apr 1, 2025 12:09 am

Yeah most likely a beatdown but who cares
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Post#17 » by Red8911 » Tue Apr 1, 2025 12:11 am

You guys make it seem like OKC is some special team. They good but not THAT good.
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Post#18 » by Mk0 » Tue Apr 1, 2025 12:16 am

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Post#19 » by dawhizz » Tue Apr 1, 2025 12:17 am

Vuc didn’t get the memo and thinks we’re tanking.
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Re: Bulls @ Thunder 7pm CT Mar. 31 2025 

Post#20 » by Jcool0 » Tue Apr 1, 2025 12:25 am

Red8911 wrote:You guys make it seem like OKC is some special team. They good but not THAT good.


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