Shaedon Sharpe had just missed his winning shot in transition when Deandre Ayton, arriving in “trailer”, flew to grab the offensive rebound before finishing in front of Nikola Vucevic. No Bulls player had the good idea to block the Blazers pivot.
Next possession, still in the first quarter of the match, Shaedon Sharpe missed the target again in transition, and the same Ayton took over Josh Giddey, under the circle, to put it back in. The Portland pivot will finish the game with 5 offensive rebounds alone, one more than the entire five majors of the opposing team.
By largely dominating the rebound (50 to 36), Chauncey Billups' men inflicted a fifth defeat in a row on the Bulls. A first for the latter this season. “ We have to get out of this situation. We don't really have any margin for error, not at all. We played against united teams, New Orleans, Atlanta, Charlotte “, Billy Donovan listwhose team initially lost to the Kings.
As the Bulls technician notes, the three teams mentioned above “ are all in the Top 5, Top 7 in offensive rebounding “. “ We introduced ourselves (in Portland) after four matches where we conceded 100 points (cumulative) on second chance opportunities. It's difficult to win, plus we lose the ball so we have to improve on certain points “, demands Billy Donovan.
No margin for error
With 15 points conceded in “second chance”his team is among the very poor students in the league (27th) in this area. “ When you see guys coming from the corners, flying out and grabbing the offensive rebound, that's what you can control. I think we started the match doing a good job of eliminating some of that. But there are still situations over which we had control », Analyzes the coach.
He adds: “ Are we going to eliminate the opponent under the circle? No. Can we do better than leaving 25? Yes, when the margins are reduced, and we fight, even if it's not 25, it's 16, or 18, it's still better than 25. We're just not good enough not to fight. beat on these margins. »
As for the other side of the field, at the exit of a small production with 102 points scored, the technician repeats it: “ If we don't run, we're dead, okay? This is the perfect example. We get caught playing like that, it's very, very hard for us to really fight and win. So we have to play an identified style. »
| Shots | Rebounds | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Zach Lavine | 38 | 34.0 | 51.3 | 45.1 | 81.8 | 0.3 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 2.9 | 0.9 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 23.7 |
| Nikola Vucevic | 42 | 32.3 | 55.8 | 41.6 | 81.5 | 2.4 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 3.4 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 2.4 | 20.5 |
| Coby White | 40 | 32.6 | 43.7 | 36.4 | 87.4 | 0.4 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.2 | 2.3 | 18.2 |
| Ayo Dosunmu | 33 | 30.6 | 49.2 | 31.8 | 79.7 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.7 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 2.3 | 12.3 |
| Josh Giddey | 39 | 27.9 | 43.2 | 31.9 | 74.4 | 1.5 | 5.7 | 7.3 | 6.6 | 2.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 11.2 |
| Patrick Williams | 33 | 26.6 | 38.0 | 36.4 | 83.0 | 0.6 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 2.2 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 1.4 | 9.4 |
| Jalen Smith | 39 | 15.2 | 46.9 | 33.1 | 81.4 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 5.3 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.6 | 8.3 |
| Torrey Craig | 9 | 12.5 | 48.9 | 42.9 | 75.0 | 0.9 | 1.9 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 1.7 | 6.9 |
| Lonzo Ball | 22 | 20.2 | 37.5 | 34.6 | 75.0 | 0.5 | 2.8 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 1.1 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 6.5 |
| Talen Horton Tucker | 35 | 11.8 | 47.8 | 40.3 | 67.5 | 0.4 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | 6.0 |
| Matas Buzelis | 41 | 12.8 | 38.3 | 33.0 | 81.3 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 4.9 |
| Julian Phillips | 42 | 13.5 | 43.9 | 31.0 | 71.1 | 0.9 | 1.1 | 2.0 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 4.5 |
| Dalen Terry | 40 | 12.8 | 45.3 | 34.9 | 71.1 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 1.6 | 3.7 |
| Jevon Carter | 19 | 6.5 | 43.8 | 40.6 | 75.0 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 3.2 |
| Ej Liddell | 6 | 5.1 | 62.5 | 50.0 | 100.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 1.3 | 2.5 |
| Chris Duarte | 16 | 4.6 | 48.0 | 42.9 | 75.0 | 0.3 | 0.9 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.4 | 2.3 |
| Adama Sanogo | 4 | 5.4 | 57.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 2.0 |
