Then again, there should have been a lot more easier nights this season.
That’s just not how this Bulls roster chooses to operate.
Pick a reason: Lack of urgency, taking weaker teams for granted, or maybe this is just what NBA mediocrity looks like.
After planting the flag on their signature victory of the season on Wednesday – a come-from-behind overtime win over Milwaukee – the Bulls (16-19) chose to spend the first three quarters of the game going back and forth with the nine-win Pistons.
The same nine-win Pistons that were already without Killian Hayes and Hamidou Diallo because of a bench-clearing brawl earlier this week, and have been missing prized sophomore guard Cade Cunningham for most of the year with a stress fracture in his left leg.