DJj is the biggest guy out there for the Bulls and Orlando has Bamba, WCj, and Wagner… need to take advantage on O because they could get bullied on the boards.

Killer step back three over WCj by LaVine.

Orlando is keeping it close through Q1, but Bulls looking like they are on the verge of getting some separation.

Bulls have to play a rested Miami Heat tomorrow…

LaVine looks real good tonight, even when he takes and misses bad shots.

Another LaVine three!

Q1 ends 27-27

Holy Lonzo save and pass, all in one motion behind the back 👀

Terrance Ross has other ideas…

Coby had to go and turn it over and ruin it…

And-1 from Coby on the next play. Like to see his aggressiveness, but need a wee bit more from him still. He looked around on the break before deciding to drive. Just go!

11-0 start to the Qtr for the Bulls

H2

13-0

Alright, good defensive possession. Time to get Montgomery going for me now.

Bears up 13-7 at half.

Is Orlando going to call a time out… 🤣

16-0! 🤣

JaVonte a bit sloppy... announcer tried to say he was leaving a ball for Vooch that he clearly just airballed. Followers that up with a turnover after Lonzo got the Bulls an extra possession.

Pretty uneventful second half besides the fact the Lions put up another touchdown. But it doesn’t matter because…

Orlando finally uses a time out.

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All about defense turning into offense. Ball, Caruso, and EVEN COBY! Making plays that lead to buckets.

LaVine really has it going tonight

Stacey King keeps talking about how Franz could one day play guard for Orlando and I keep yelling at the TV telling King that Franz has been running point for the second unit this whole time already.

Planning to use this space from Nov 24 - 27 (aka the holiday weekend in the US)

BEARS WIN!

Halftime

Bulls 55-46 Magic

Basically a live blog for the Bulls game tonight //241121//, but will veer off topic.

Zo has four 3’s already in the first half. When he can add points and the Bulls don’t have to just rely on LaRozan, things tend to go well.

H2

Missed a good chunk of Q3 so I just watched to enjoy when I got back from walking Bruce Wayne

Should not be letting this shitty Rockets team hang around.

Bulls

Don’t like to see Zo passing up a three to start the half off a beautiful spin and dish from DeMar, especially given how hot Zo has been from three today.

Not actually watching the game right now either as the first quarter winds to an end.

Q3 ends 90-69 Bulls

This is an area I hope he can learn from DeMar so he isn’t relying on just elevating over defenders for his shot.

Currently at

Zo has 17 at half.

Vooch is struggling. Fouled Wood in the post for his fourth of the game @ 8:00 in Q3… He parked a punch at the ball after the fact in frustration…

Checking the box score because I haven’t seen Vooch on the court yet. Has 9 in H1 so far, but only 4/11.

As long as the Bulls don’t completely mess this up it should be an easy win to close this out.

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They have the Boston // Brooklyn game on here, but I haven’t really been paying attention.

Make it 5!

LaVine hit the deck…. Took him a bit to get up but seems okay…

Two point game… holy crap… (@ 4:00)

Bulls moving the ball well, but having only four guys who can score hurts…

Bulls win!

Nets are killing them currently.

Sengun just knocked down a three. Weird but solid form. It’s super slow, so he’ll never be a sniper with the form, but if he can knock down a decent amount, he will still garner attention to attract defenders and open up the game for his passing (which I’ve heard is excellent)

I don’t think I’ve seen Jalen Green at all… box score says he has 11 minutes, which is half of his fellow starters…

DeMar is struggling at 2/11…

Reading a

Nice cut by Caruso and Vooch threads it to him down the lane for the bucket.

They are a weird publication. I honestly can’t tell what’s a newsletter, what’s an article, how do I follow them and actually keep up?

Rockets are winning…

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DeRozan’s smooth baseline jumper puts them up double digits again. (@ 5:40 Q3)

I hate when the onus is on me, the reader, to remember which thing I’ve read or not. This is a big reason I like RSS and newsletters, but when they try to be a blog and newsletter at the same time without discernment, it becomes difficult.

He just stuffed DeRozan at the rim now and another three from Houston puts them up 8…

AC follows it up coast to coast with a bucket to cut it to 4.

May have put my jacket on upside down when I left the brewery…

Bulls down five with @ 8:00 Q4 to go…

Looks like I was wrong, no Embiid. Hopping over post Bulls game and PHI out to an early lead 24-13.

There doesn’t seem to be a good answer to that question.

I just don’t understand how the Bulls are going to get spanked by the Pacers and then come to Houston (the worst record in the league) and let them steal one… Houston just playing harder. Bulls need to learn how to get themselves up and beat the weak ones…

PHI @ GSW

Seth Curry is having himself a game so far in the first half.

Will head into Q4 down 82-90…

Missed the actual play, but Draymond just picked up his fourth foul with 3 to go in H1 still… Not a good sign given the Warriors are already down nearly 20.

Shitty drop off by DeRozan in traffic…

H2

Warriors v Philly will be following this game. Excited for this because I think Embiid is back and it will be interesting to see how GSW handle him, even if he is limited.

Caruso’s three on a LaVine kick cuts the lead to five with five left...

Bulls playing like they can mount a comeback purely on the offensive side... not going to happen if that continues to be the case. Bulls success has come completely from the defense and transition. They haven’t been as good as people expected in the half court.

Looney just gobbled up Drummond at the rim; then quickly -> Curry -> Poole -> Green lay-up. Beautiful GSW basketball.

Philly up 9 at half.

Watching BKN//BOS in the little video window on my iPad as I write this during Bulls halftime.

Really like Maxey, but I get a lot of Lou Will / Jamal Crawford vibes from the way he plays.

Brooklyn is killing them right now and Smart is visibility frustrated.

Bulls just got an 8 second violation…

Man, I love Thybulle. Gets stuck with the ball at the end of the shot clock, knocks down a three and then immediately picks off an outlet to get his team an extra possesion.

I wonder if Philly should just treat Seth Curry as Kobe to Embiid’s Shaq. He isn’t Steph, the footwork and vision isn’t there, but he can shoot the heck out of the ball and that inevitably helps him get to the rim.

Right before that three, the Rockets showed their age a bit. Need to keep the pressure on so that age continues to give way to the Bulls. If the Bulls want to be great, they can’t drop these types of games against bottom feeders.

They need Zo and Caruso (and LaVine and Green) to get stopped and get things going in transition. They are playing a young team so they should be able to find those opportunities.

GSW up 9 (@ 4:54 Q4)

And Steph Curry ties it up with a thirty footer.

Oyi... that play @ 5:13 Q4 is huge... no way that’s a foul on Ball! Huge Caruso block leads to a fast break and Zo three. Then the ref waves it off because the defender fell?!?! Zo didn’t stick his legs out at all.

BTW, is Lou still in ATL??? Feel like he’s been wasted there.

Celtics have cut it to 14 with ten to go still.

Then you let Maxey be the guy who forces things in transition and Tobias is the bailout bucket that you run things for occasionally. If Thybulle had a reliable shot, they’d be good to go.

Took a slight break from watching…

Call stands?!?! This is fucking bullshit! No way that’s a foul on Zo.

LaVine misses the second free throw that would’ve tied it...

Well if Wiggins is going to consistently hit from deep the whole league is just fucked.

I guess he is 35 now… but he was still truly balling before ATL.

Bulls need to go pedal to the metal and choke them to death. Ugh I’m so frustrated by the call on Zo.

Vooch fouled out... (@ 2:45 Q4)

Interesting, instrumental. Hard to describe. Two instruments (I think), sax and some metronomic percussion in the background. Minimal and mesmerizing.

Caruso 3! Vooch 3! (He seems to have a knack for Q4 3’s) to cut it to 2!!!!

Bandcamp music is something I wish I invested more time in. I don’t have a lot of patience for new music. And I struggle to decide when to listen to new music vs stuff I already know I like.

Been feeling a bit disconnected from some of the communities I partake in on the Interwebs lately.

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Last three minutes was pretty intense. LaVine had a shot at a three to tie @ ~1:00, missed that so Houston could stretch it and then hit two late threes but it only made it a three point game again with 2 seconds left.

Spotted: Courtside Crocs

Kinopio people, Futureland, the wiki town. A lot of this is probably on my end of being away from things and distant, plus the Uber active October and November personally for me…

When I was young, music was EVERYTHING. I knew every album coming out, no matter the genre, knew every song for albums I cared about, and each band member, song writer, producer, etc.

Final

113-118

Rockets Win...

Spent the last thirty minutes trying to explain how to play Exploding Kittens (a game I’ve only played once when it first came out) to

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