NEW YORK --- So much for that easy start to the schedule, huh?
The Bulls engineered a collapse for the ages Monday night at Madison Square Garden. They dropped to 1-3 by blowing an 18-point lead and failing to score for the final 3 minutes, 33 seconds in a 105-98 loss to the previously winless Knicks, who played without Dennis Smith Jr.
Leave it to second-year big man Wendell Carter to put the disastrous loss in perspective.
“If we talk about being a playoff team, we can’t have moments like this,” Carter said.
As the league’s second-youngest team, the Bulls keep talking about needing to show growth in big moments by learning how to close out games, by learning how to overcome adversity to win.