Windy City Bulls at Souix Fall Skyforce, I mean Bulls vs Heat tonight 7pm

[dougthonus]

Heat missing Bam, Butler, Morris
Bulls missing DeMar, Green, DJJ, Coby, Thomas, and possibly Caruso?

A game I was looking forward to now sucks.

Bulls have some of two of their stars (if Vuc still counts as one?), Miami probably won't be rolling out two guys in their rotation that were in the G-League last week, how those things balance who knows, but I'd say advantage Chicago.

Zach should have a field day today with Butler and Bam out, no one to defend him at the rim or on the perimeter.

Vuc could do well for us (though dicey to ever count on him these days), Miami has no one in the paint, and Chicago needs him. Can he come through? He hasn't even been a bum slayer recently, but I don't think it's too much to hope for that he can do so tonight.

Bulls by 50? 100? Lose by 30? Who knows with these junk rosters, but I like Chicago with Miami missing it's big guns and the Bulls coming off a loss.

[Bulls2021]

Bulls really need Vuc to step up and perform tonight. He could take the game over with Bam out.

[Wingy]

Zach Lavine is still standing.

Advantage: Bulls

[Bullbleep]

Max Strus gonna make the Bulls pay for going with Dotson & Mokoka instead...

[FriedRise]

Aww it’s so nice for Zach and Vooch to play in Windy City Bulls games. Team players for sure.

[Chi town]

I’d like to see Ayo lock up Vincent so he doesn’t beat us again.

How the Heat beat the full Bucks squad on Wed… I don’t know.

Must play with an edge the whole game.

[HoopsterJones]

Hope Caruso is healthy enough to go. Going to be a tough game either way. Vuc needs to have a good game and Zach needs to have a MVP like performance.

[weneeda2guard]

We should have enough with lavine ball and Vucevic to get a win especially coming off a 2 day rest.

Heat are still well coached and at home though. But we need this win. I dont care if lavine gotta drop 50 get this dam win.

[weneeda2guard]

I’d like to see Ayo lock up Vincent so he doesn’t beat us again.

How the Heat beat the full Bucks squad on Wed… I don’t know.

Must play with an edge the whole game.

Great defense

Well coached

The same game plan they had for us in Chicago they will employ again

We have to defend the 3 well or we will lose.

[kodo]

It's bad when you even need covid replacements for the announcers.

[sco]

Keys to a Bulls win:

1) Win the RB battle
2) Vuc to score 20+ efficiently
3) Keep MIA from shooting 3's efficiently

[Rowland Garrett]

Alfonzo McKinnie gonna dop 16 off the bench to give us a spark and the victory.

[Jo Jo English]

Thoughts heading into this one...

1. If Zach and Vuc play their games, we could/should have enough firepower to get a road W against an injury depleted, but still very well coached team.
2. Hoping Ayo has a nice bounce back game after a very quiet night in Cleveland.
3. Keeping an eye out for a career night for Tyler Herro.

[DuckIII]

Let’s Go Bulls!

Whoever you guys are.

[Chicago-Bull-E]

I expect someone I’ve never heard of to drop 6 threes on the Bulls, while wearing an invisibility cloak the entire time.

[Ice Man]

The Heat without Bam & Butler can still defend, as those guys play hard and they stay connected. But their offense is bomb 3s and pray. They're pretty easy to shut down.

[bearadonisdna]

We were kinda out matched by Cavs due to circumstances. This time I think the bulls outmatch the heat. Kyle Lowry is rounding back into form so can’t take that matchup for granted . Tucker is a good glue guy but can be neutralized by a nominal scoring performance . Troy brown is my projected PF so I hope we have a big speed advantage and he can give us an advantage there. If he doesn’t it’s still ok because the bulls look to be the better team .

Matchup projections:

Vuc > Dedmon
Brown > Tucker
Lonzo > Martin

1.Zach > Lowry
2.Ayo < Duncan

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1st half rotation :

Vuc-18 Bradley-6
Brown -6 Alize-18
Lonzo -6 Brown-12 Harrington-6

1. Zach -12 Lonzo-12
2. Caruso -18 Zach-6

1st option : Zach
Coaching : Donovan > Spo

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Generally spo is regarded higher but tonight I’m giving Donovan his credit and he gets the edge for being able to put out a superior lineup a lot based on his small ball system .

Few nba matchups are easy but I i think the bulls are in the drivers seat in this one as opposed the Cavs game where a lot of us felt outmatched .

The Dotson minutes absolutely killed us last game , I would try to avoid playing him.

[kdapiton]

Would love to steal this win given MIA is short too.

[jordanwilliams6]

Even with all their outs. Miami is still a very dangerous team. Great defense with a bunch of scoring guards who can all drop 20+. Herro, Lowry, Robinson, Martin, Strus & Vincent are all pretty streaky and can get hot.

[dougthonus]

Bulls now without Ayo and Stanley Johnson as they're both now in protocols too.

It's hard to imagine any scenario the Bulls, as a team, are not contagious right now. League should really look to rethink having teams with 5+ guys out still go out there and play games.