The Bulls' Saturday night meeting in Dallas felt like a schedule loss from the start after a draining win over the Thunder on Christmas. Instead, the Bulls turned in one of their better offensive efforts of the year and hung with the Mavericks all night. The game came down to the final five minutes, where a confounding lack of execution cost the Bulls a winnable game.
Dallas essentially wrapped up the 118-111 victory when the Bulls were whistled for a five second call on an inbounds pass down three with 11 seconds left. Here's the play:
Neil Funk and Stacey King were quick to blame Rose for this, but the play design is atrocious and both McDermott and Gasol look lost.