{"id":882748,"date":"2026-11-12T19:45:26","date_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:45:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/882748\/"},"modified":"2026-11-12T19:45:26","modified_gmt":"2026-11-12T19:45:26","slug":"i-lost-that-game-for-us-chicago-bulls-star-takes-blame-for-blowing-14-point-lead-vs-san-antonio-spurs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/882748\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I lost that game for us\u2019\u2026 Chicago Bulls star takes blame for blowing 14-point lead vs San Antonio Spurs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chicago Bulls blew a halftime lead against the San Antonio Spurs, who continued their impressive winning streak.<\/p>\n<p>The San Antonio Spurs extended their winning run to 10 games, recovering from their surprise 0-2 start. The Chicago Bulls made them work for their latest victory.<\/p>\n<p>At half-time the Bulls led 70-56, but the Spurs returned fired up after the break and eventually won the game 125-118.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in the Bulls locker room after the game, Matas Buzelis told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=-GUHDMAKq9A\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">CHGO Sports<\/a> that he took personal responsibility for the loss.<\/p>\n<p>Asked where it went wrong, Buzelis responded: \u201cJust me, mainly me. That\u2019s unacceptable man. Like that was our game to win. I feel like that I lost that game for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Asked to clarify, Buzelis explained that he was not aggressive enough in the second half.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cI feel like I\u2019m in the right position to be very aggressive and, you know, do what I do\u2014and you\u2019ve seen that in the first half, but now it has to carry over to the whole game. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike, that\u2019s just how to be a pro, and I\u2019m going to be better at that. They turned up the physicality and we didn\u2019t punch back, and I didn\u2019t punch back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Victor Wembanyama took over against the Bulls<\/p>\n<p>Matas Buzelis ended the game with only 13 points, and did not get to the free-throw line at all. He shot 5-12 from the field.<\/p>\n<p>The Bulls\u2019 record is a lowly 1-9, despite managing to push the Spurs closer. They should be better than the standings suggest.<\/p>\n<p>However, in this game, they were unfortunate to come up against the dominance of Victor Wembanyama.<\/p>\n<p>He had 32 points and nine rebounds, also putting up five blocks. He is averaging 30.1 points per game for the season.<\/p>\n<p>Buzelis is struggling to put it together. He is averaging 13.5 ppg, a dip from 16.3 last season. His comments suggest he is experiencing a crisis of confidence.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Chicago Bulls blew a halftime lead against the San Antonio Spurs, who continued their impressive winning streak.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":882749,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3771],"tags":[7,920,919,329,3824,6],"class_list":["post-882748","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago-bulls","tag-basketball","tag-bulls","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-bulls","tag-chicagobulls","tag-nba"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nba\/117605192364146042","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=882748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/882748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/882749"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=882748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=882748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nba\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=882748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}