I had a feeling the Bulls would win last night and salvage a split in Miami. Because in today’s NBA, even the not-very-good teams like the Bulls will win a couple more than you expect, like they did against the Celtics. It’s not so much ‘optimism’ in that this is truly a wtf lol season.
I have to revise my edict that the Bulls were going to the play-in by default, because that did not anticipate Zach LaVine contracting Covid at the worst time (some leader, huh folks) nor the Wizards of Washington going on an 8-game winning streak.