Combing through the Chicago Bulls’ surprising 127–111 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers, nothing necessarily jumps off the page. Much like watching the game unfold, everything the Bulls did, they did well. Chicago bested Cleveland in field-goal percentage, rebounds, assists, turnovers, fast-break points, points in the paint, bench points, and points off turnovers.
It was an unassuming game for Chicago. Optimism has been scarce as of late, and a matchup against an Eastern Conference favorite wasn’t expected to change that. Yet, here we are.
So what, if anything, has changed? Will this Bulls team recapture the magic from the beginning of the season and use it to spark a hot streak nearly two months later?