The bulls discover the bench

With five wins in a row, c Bulls are part of the teams in good form at the moment and the return of the injured allows Billy Donovan to use the full squad.

The result: Chicago’s coach relies on a rotation of 9-10 players, with 18-33 minutes of playing time, and tonight the bench that brought down the Sixers with 59 points from the substitution!

In “money time”, Jalen Smith etc The Three Joneses were thus decisive. The first was a monstrous dunk on Joel Embiid, while the second went for two offensive rebounds, before confirming the victory with a layup. Chicago’s pocket point guard finished with six rebounds.

“When guys don’t have size or wingspan, you don’t see them as physical players … But Tre brings exactly what we need” esttime Billy Donovan.

The author of 15 points off the bench, Zach Collins also praises the qualities of Jones. “We really have to highlight his intelligence as a player. He knows where to position himself in these moments, and Billy has a lot of confidence in him.”

Goal: 6th win in a row

For Tre Jones, the trigger came from this Jalen Smith dunk. “That dunk was dirty!” » says on this “poster”. “I feel like he usually doesn’t dunk. He just drops the ball calmly, little finger. So, he finally attacked honestly and dunked it. It was huge for us.”

The Bulls were down 3 points at this point, and Jaylen Smith knocked down Paul George’s baseline before dunking on Joel Embiid.

A dunk that will encourage the Bulls as they finish the game 10-0! This is the sign of a confident team that will aim for a sixth straight win against the Bucks tonight. This would be a first this season.

“Even if we lost a few matches, we were still going in the right direction”underlined by John Collins. “Everybody’s in a pretty good dynamic right now. We’re fighting more on the rebound, playing a little harder, and obviously it’s easier when things are going well. We’re winning matches, the atmosphere is great. You just have to make sure you keep doing those things.”