It was a 30-point loss with built-in excuses all across the board.
A short-handed roster, a brutal part of the schedule, the road … pick an excuse.
Then if you’re a Bulls player, quickly erase it from your mind, or at least keep it to yourself.
The days of making excuses have ended. Billy Donovan reiterated that very clearly after the Friday night loss in Milwaukee, acknowledging that the circumstances surrounding the game were less than ideal, but making sure his players understood that professionals overcome it.
And while there were any number of players that the coach could have pointed a finger at, he pulled no punches with a backcourt that has to be better in the decision-making department for this offense to work.