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Post Game Thread: The Chicago Bulls defeat The Portland Trail Blazers 129-121

  • February 5, 2023


#Portland Trail Blazers at Chicago Bulls

United Center- Chicago, IL

[ESPN](https://www.espn.com/nba/game/_/gameId/401468951)

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|Time Clock|
|:–:|
|Final|

||Q1|Q2|Q3|Q4|Total|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|POR |27|43|17|34|121|
|CHI |34|25|33|37|129|

###Player Stats

**Portland Trail Blazers**

|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|J. Hart|33:30|13|5-13|0-5|3-4|3|9|12|5|1|0|1|0|5
|J. Grant|39:42|13|5-13|1-6|2-3|0|5|5|4|0|0|2|1|-12
|D. Eubanks|26:16|8|4-8|0-1|0-0|1|4|5|0|0|1|0|2|-3
|A. Simons|37:39|27|10-18|5-12|2-2|0|0|0|5|0|0|1|1|-6
|D. Lillard|40:31|40|12-21|5-12|11-11|1|4|5|5|1|0|3|3|2
|S. Sharpe|17:10|7|3-6|1-3|0-0|1|0|1|0|0|1|0|2|-12
|T. Watford|21:44|11|4-5|2-2|1-1|0|2|2|3|0|1|1|5|-5
|G. Payton II|12:36|2|1-2|0-1|0-0|0|1|1|0|1|0|0|2|0
|N. Little|10:52|0|0-1|0-1|0-0|1|1|2|0|0|0|1|3|-9

**Chicago Bulls**

|Player|MINS|PTS|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|ORB|DRB|REB|AST|STL|BLK|TO|PF|+/-|
|:–|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|–:|
|D. DeRozan|39:51|27|10-16|1-1|6-6|0|7|7|7|1|1|3|2|-4
|P. Williams|31:11|6|3-9|0-2|0-0|1|6|7|0|1|1|1|2|-11
|N. Vucevic|34:34|23|10-17|0-4|3-4|3|8|11|4|0|0|1|3|-1
|Z. LaVine|37:18|36|11-18|5-10|9-9|0|6|6|5|2|0|5|4|27
|A. Dosunmu|29:53|13|5-8|3-4|0-0|1|2|3|5|1|1|0|3|16
|C. White|21:11|10|4-5|2-3|0-0|0|0|0|3|0|0|0|2|-4
|A. Drummond|13:26|7|3-4|0-0|1-4|1|4|5|1|0|0|1|1|9
|G. Dragic|11:37|5|2-2|1-1|0-0|0|0|0|7|1|0|1|0|1
|D. Jones Jr.|16:49|2|0-1|0-1|2-2|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|19
|D. Terry|4:10|0|0-0|0-0|0-0|0|1|1|0|0|0|0|1|-12
###Team Stats

|Team|FGM-A|3PM-A|FTM-A|AST|PF|STL|TO|BLK|OREB|DREB|REB|
|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|:–|
|POR|44-87|14-43|19-21|22|19|3|9|3|7|26|35|
|CHI|48-80|12-26|21-25|32|19|6|12|3|6|35|46|

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32 comments

  5. Couldn’t have been a more bulls game if we tried. SMH this team has such highs and lows.

  8. good win let’s goo – huge 22-4 run or whatever in like **5 minutes** to turn the game back our way

  15. Good win! Nice to see Drummond get some minutes. Maybe the sweet spot is somewhere around that ~12 min mark.

    Nice to see DT get a bit of a run too, good hustle!

  17. Every win we have feels like a big win and every loss we have feels like a crushing defeat.

  18. 4th quarter was not a pain to watch like some of the previous iso ball 4th’s.. definitely better this game! They should keep it up!

  19. It was like shades of that third quarter against the cavs in the second but at least we pulled through this time.

  20. Takeaways from tonight’s game:

    * Deebo had an efficient offensive night, facilitated well, rebounded solidly, and was solid as hell on defense. Just a super solid day as a whole.
    * LaVine shot the everliving shit out of the ball in the first half, had a rough stretch with turnovers, and then led a super big run that was instrumental in bringing this game back for us. He showed very good awareness of the bonus in the 3rd/4th quarter. Great game as a whole.
    * Vucevic had an efficient double/double. He was working on defense in the 4th quarter when they doubled Lillard.
    * Pat had a rough game as a whole. Big highs, big lows on both sides of the ball. In the 4th he grabbed some big rebounds and battled down low for a bucket. He did have the dunk of the night.
    * Ayo was super solid tonight. If he proves he can actually knock down these open 3’s, it will be a massive boost to our offense.
    * Bench was solid with Coby and Drummond both having pretty good nights as a whole. Drummond was a big presence when he was on the floor…much larger than the statline implies.
    * Good win as a whole. Still some TO issues, but we battled back and took it home.

    MVP’s for tonight:Zach LaVine and Ayo Dosunmu with HM’s going to DeRozan and Vucevic

  22. Ayo was an absolute dog on Lillard (I think most of his points were when guarded by someone else) and his newfound confidence on offense is very welcome. Shoutout Zach for being a total baller tonight too. Those guys having huge pluses tonight in +/- is not a coincidence.

  24. Need 3rd quarter Ayo more. Played much better 2nd half defense on Stoudamire. Need him to give the team 10-15 pts a game.

  27. Looks like we just need to go down double digits in the first half instead of up double digits. Alright alright alright

  28. I think I found the best comment on the Chicago Bulls Facebook post about the win:

    >The Bulls don’t win this game with anyone coaching other than Billy Donovan. Billy, like most great coaches, made excellent halftime adjustments and challenged his teams heart and grit. Bulls fans should continue to thank Bulls management and Jerry Reinsdorf for hiring the future Hall Of Fame coach

  30. I feel comfortable after winning tonight that the Trailblazers are a great team. Really even just *one* move away from a shot at winning the West.

    I trust that their wonderful GM Niel Oshley, realizes such and is prepared to do what’s necessary to take this core to It’s fullest potential.

    All they need to do is release protections on their 2023 1st round pick^(^(^(*owed to the Chicago Bulls*))) and gain the flexibility they need.

  32. This team makes me feel like every win is a lie meant to trick you into thinking its turned around.

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