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šŸ‚ Da Bulls 22/23 (40-42)

I donā€™t have high hopes for the Bulls in this game. They lack the size a bit, but will really have to utilize Vooch early in the post to open things up for LaVine and DeRozan.

~Q1~

And weā€™re off! With the Raptors winning the tip.

Raptors vs. Bulls 2023 Play-in Preview

Bulls sticking with Caruso at the 4 despite the size they give up against Siakam at that position.

Quick three for OGā€¦ followed by an easy deep 2 dumper from Vooch.

Beautiful steal on a OG drive. They swarmed well after LaVine closed out the three.

Play-In: CHI @ TOR

LaVine got to an elbow jumper, but if he isnā€™t going to be able to attack or if they arenā€™t able to get Vooch touches down low itā€™s going to be a very long night.

Winner plays the Heat in Miami for a chance to be the 8-seed and play Milwaukee in the first round of the playoffs.

Almost four minutes in and I donā€™t think a Bull player has had a single dribble in the paint.

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Win or go home. Check up.

LaVine getting to the bucket!!!

A JAM FROM DEEBO!!!!

Bulls Talk
The starters for tonight's play-in game against the Toronto Raptors šŸ˜¤

Raptors just getting too much too easily right now while the Bulls have mostly been settling for mediocre shots. If it continues at this pace, we are in trouble. And Iā€™m going to need more than just this Negroni.

Oh my!

Chicago Bulls
DEEBO DOWN THE LANE.@DeMar_DeRozan| #SeeRed

Down 8 to 15 at the first break in play with 6:00 left in Q1.

PatWil checked in for Deebo at the break. No subs for TOR.

~Q3~

Turnover to start the second halfā€¦ coolā€¦

Another short roll from Poetl with a dum off to OG for an easy bucketā€¦ Bulls canā€™t stop it or the open threesā€¦Fallen down to 15 point deficit nowā€¦

Terrible, terrible pass and turnover by LaVineā€¦

Depression starting to kick inā€¦

LaVine to the bucket for an And-1

Tough take through he lane for Deebo, but none of this is enough given the poor defense. Raptors are flying and Bulls are stuck in the mud and fighting for everything.

Educate them Stacey!

Stacey King
If heā€™s scoring down there it forces help and double teams which opens up wide open shotsā€¦So getting him inside does help offenseā€¦.

Another one for Deebo to cut it back to 15ā€¦ looks like we might get things going.

Bulls just need to cut this ten before we get to the fourthā€¦ Still at 15 and the Bulls keep turning it over.

And an and-1 by LaVine again! Keeping chipping away and play D!!!!

Nice block by OG on the Deebo jumperā€¦

NBA
OG rises up for the rejection šŸ˜¤Raptors lead in Q3.šŸ“ŗ: Live on ESPN | #ATTPlayIn

Drive and jam by PatWil! Stay aggressive! Off the Coby drive and dish again too.

NBA
Patrick Williams drives in for the slam!Bulls looking to cut into the lead on ESPN.

I donā€™t even know what the Bulls can do at this point. Down 16 with 2:45 left. Just canā€™t cope with the length of Toronto and the off-ball defense and rotations have been pretty awful.

Even Deeboā€™s daughter is doing her part.

ClutchPoints
DeMar DeRozanā€™s daughter was screaming to distract Jakob Poeltl at the free throw line šŸ˜‚
Keith Smith
It's apparently DeMar DeRozan's daughter.And the Raptors are only 10-of-20 at the line, so good job by her!
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