Chicago Bulls Post game | Bull Fall to Wizards Despite Caleb Wilson & Matas Scoring Burst |

The Chicago Bulls dropped their home opener, 124-120 to the Washington Wizards. We got to talk about what we saw in tonight's game, what stood out, and what led to the unfortunate L to start the season, but why it might be promising. All that and more on today's episode of the Windy City Breeze Sports Talk Daily. Let's go. Now, if you are new to the channel, hit that like button. Please subscribe to the page. We do talk Chicago sports daily on this channel, only channel talking Chicago sports, how Chicago talk so make sure that you stay in tune with us man also i want to let you guys know that if you trade 25 on Kowski you can get 25 deposited into your account instantly using the promo code breeze big thank you to Kowski for being a sponsor of today's episode and uh for always keeping us updated on what the latest trends are in the market make sure that you guys go over and tap in with Kowski using that promo code B R E E Z E breeze, where you can trade $25 and $25 added to your account instantly. All right. The Chicago bulls took on the Washington wizards today. And there are a lot of positives to take away from this game. Realistically speaking, when you talk about the game that we saw Caleb Wilson play today, so many highs. And I think that really it's one quarter where you saw the Chicago bulls lapse that really leads to the loss in at the end of this, right? They give up 40 points in the third quarter. And that was really when you kind of saw everyone lock in the bulls defense, I thought kind of hit a little bit of a lull. I thought that Anthony Davis and, and Trey young did a good job of continuing to attack the bulls. I mean, when you watch what, what Keyshawn George was able to do in that quarter as well, like there was just so many good details that they were able to bring out that really attacked some of the Bulls weaknesses there, but the Bulls found a way to fight back. And that's the one thing that we really want to see from the Chicago Bulls team. Not to say that you're here for moral victories or that you want to see them, you know, go out there and compete, but you know, it's not going to be enough. But I think that this is kind of what we have come to expect when, when we look at this season, this is a development season. And when you talk about development with where this Chicago Bulls team started things off, You see a 30 point game, a 14 plus a positive 14 plus minus 14 rebounds, one block, two steals, no turnovers, which may be the best stat of the night and three assists for Caleb Wilson. He put the pressure on the Washington Wizards all night. He was attacking the rim, looking to be aggressive. He was trying to rip the rim off. And if anybody was in front of the rim, he was trying to jump right over them. And I think what you also saw in that game that Coby White has was you saw it invigorate Matas Buzelis. You saw Matas Buzelis who to me looked much more locked in throughout the entire game. He went seven for 13 in this one, 21 points. He had one steal. He had two assists five rebounds as well. He did have three turnovers in the game, but still a plus three plus minus. And I thought with the combination of those two attacking offensively, this is Tiago Splitter's dream starting to come together. They are supposed to be the focal point of this offense. And I think that you can talk about them as such a very tough day for Norman Powell today. Maybe if you were able to get a little bit more from him shooting wise, nobody shot the three. Well, the Bulls as a whole have struggled to shoot the three this entire season. But if you had gotten a little bit more out of him shooting wise, four for 12 from the field, three for seven from the three point line, and then did get to the free throw line seven times. But a lot of that was kind of, excuse me, towards the end of the game where it kind of had gotten out of hand. And this was after that third quarter run. I believe he had about 11 points at the half. He finished that third quarter with 13. And so you were really hoping to get a little bit more out of Norman Powell tonight. Overall, though, I mean, you saw a team that refused to give up. And right now that feels good when you have a young basketball team, when you have a team that you're going, okay, you got yourselves in a bit of a hole. The Bulls actually had the lead at the half. I believe they held a five point lead at the halfway point of this game. yeah 62 to 57 at the halfway point of this game and offensively they were really clicking early that third quarter lull of offense paired up with just some really really struggling defense and defense that didn't even last the entire game they really turned the defense back on in the fourth quarter but you just allowed the Washington to get itself in a rhythm you allowed Anthony Davis to get himself going strong around the rim Anthony Davis who had been in foul trouble early on in this game. I thought that we didn't do a good enough job attacking him and putting him in some tough positions. That's a guy that you want to get out of this game. That's a guy that you want to try and force to be off of the court because of the fact that this bulls team has struggled so mightily and guarding Anthony Davis over the years. But you know, I thought you saw a really good team effort to finish out this game. And realistically, that's one of the things that I think you can truly be excited about with this team is seeing the amount of want the amount of go that they still have even when they get into some tough situations let me know how you guys feel down in the comments below hit that like button subscribe to the page leave a five-star view y'all know what to do one of the spots that really struggled today uh was that bench unit only 28 points for you off of the bench and just got outscored completely by the washington bench who was able to go out there and put up 41 uh trey jones did not have one of his better days today still was very much involved but you know is what we've come to be accustomed with with trey jones is yes the guy that can facilitate he can score on the other end but that defense is usually what leads it and i thought that he really got taken advantage of in this matchup here Leonard Miller did not have his best showing either which is somebody who the Bulls are going to have to rely on a ton this year i'll tell you what the even and i think this goes back to the point of never giving up never seeing this team really give up right like when you talk about a player who even on his bad shooting nights. And I think this embodies kind of that whole feeling of the team here on the bad shooting nights, three for eight, 37% from the field, one for four on a three point line, still finding a way to get a steal, still finding a way to try and get himself into that block column. I thought he did a very, very good job. One of the few people tonight that I thought did a really good job defensively staying on track for the most part. But there were some times where even he got out of rotation. And so this is going to be a team that's going to have to be built off a team defense. That's what it comes down to. That's where you're going to have your best strengths. And once this team starts to figure out some of that defense, I think you start to see some of these games go the Chicago Bulls way. Let me know how you guys feel down in the comments below, man. What are your thoughts on this Bulls team taking an L in the home opener and who stood out the most to you when you looked at it? I think one thing that I found very interesting and I want to double check the numbers on this because in the second half there, yeah, that's what I thought. Not Not a lot of Jalen Smith in the second half of this game, only 11 minutes of Jalen Smith. And I thought the Jalen did a really good job in the first half, establishing his presence. He was five for 10 from the field in 12 minutes of play. He was two for six and you just never really got involved him back involved in the game plan. He had 12 points in that first half. I would've thought in the second half, you want to continue to try and get the ball into him. And I get it like Caleb Wilson was cooking. So you want to get the ball to him. a lot of those Matas Buzelis, you know, was playing pretty well. So you want to get the ball to him as well. But Norman Powell was some of the struggles that he had, even though he did go two for four in that second half, I would have liked to see you try and get the ball a little bit more to Jalen Smith and utilize him more. Leonard Miller was getting a lot of minutes in that second half as well, but Jalen kind of had the ball rolling and it felt like Chicago went away from him in that sense. Hopefully this is something that the Bulls can bounce back from. I think that this is not going to be, you know, a game that we look at as, oh my God, I can't believe that they dropped this game. This is one where you saw the energy be high. You saw the Bulls looking to attack and the shots kind of just stopped falling. Again, there's parts of this team that it's going to take a while to figure out. But the fact that you're talking about game one of Caleb Wilson with a 30 and four, or I should say game one at home with a 30 and 14 game. yes on a 10 of 24 shooting night but still you know a guy who seems very very confident seems very willing to go out there and be aggressive and also play within the offense it wasn't just Caleb Wilson saying I'm just going to start chucking stuff up these were open shots that he had in that third quarter they had a really really big cold stretch and so these were open looks that they had these were uh you know finishes at the rim that he's probably looking at himself saying we should have been able to get that you know if this is where you're starting from three games in, it truly feels like you're going to be very, very confident with what you have. As we continue through the season, it feels like the Chicago Bulls have one of those guys that you need to come away from the draft with. And that feels good to say about the Chicago Bulls team. And especially with Caleb Wilson, I think you're seeing it motivate Matas Buzelis to be an even better version of himself. Love the fact that he was able to get to the free throw line as much as he did today as well. But like I said, let me know how you guys feel about this game down in the comments below. I'll be down there talking with you guys as well. As always, it is your boy, Pat the Designer, back at it again. Me and Hayes should be going live over on Locked on Bulls tonight. I'm going to hit him up and see if we will be, but I believe that we'll be over on Locked on Bulls, so make sure that you have the notification for that selected as well. As always, man, like I said, it's your boy, Pat the Designer, back at it again. See you right next time. Stand up. Peace.