Talk about dropping the Ball to Charlotte Hornets
The Bulls Friday finishing their longest home stand of the season took their eyes off the Ball, failing to put the wrecking ball to the Charlotte Hornets in a last seconds 125-123 defeat.
“We didn’t do what we were supposed to do with five games at home,” admitted Lonzo Ball about what the Bulls figured would be a soft Ball of a week. “You have to get at least, in my opinion, four of those; we went the opposite direction. But we have a trip coming up and hopefully we can turn it around on the West Coast.”
Perhaps not a whole new Ball game with the Bulls now 18-24 and facing six of their next eight games on the road. But they have to start the Ball rolling at some point lest this whole Ball of wax just melts down.
You know I can do this all night, but the Bulls couldn’t keep their eyes on the Ball enough, LaMelo Ball with 26 points and nine assists in the renewal of the Ball Brothers Basketball bacchanal.
Be a lot better if we won,” said Lonzo, who had six points and three steals with several matchups against his little basketball brother. “Hard fought game; always a treat playing against him. Definitely bigger than most games for me; he is my little brother and you see the growth. It is amazing.”
No so much for the Bulls with their fourth consecutive defeat despite 40 points — 17 in the fourth quarter — and 13 rebounds from Nikola Vučević.
Not that it was Vučević’s fault since he pretty much with Zach LaVine’s assistance got the Bulls there after they trailed by 14 points with five minutes left in the game. But with 5.7 seconds left and the Hornets leading by two points, Vučević missed an open 28 footer on a perfect pass from LaVine in an adroitly drawn play from Bulls coach Billy Donovan.
“I thought Zach made a great play,” said Donovan about the sequence, a handoff from Vučević to LaVine, and when the Hornets collapsed against LaVine, Vučević popping open. “Vooch got it where he wanted it. Vooch popped back and we got a great look from the top of the key; I was fine with the execution…it was a good shot for us
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