Game Thread: Spurs vs. Bulls — Sat. 3/27/2021 - 7:30pm CST

[Dejounte]

Spurs broadcasters slamming Vucevic because of his +/- (worst in the league, R. DeMurre would love this)

[Dejounte]

Weird line-up:

Patty
DeMar
Gay
Luka
Eubanks

[tbdog]

This team can beat anybody and lose to anybody on any given night

That's today's NBA.

[cd98]

Embarrassing. Bulls you suck. Spurs really needed you to play like a playoff team and win. Instead you go down 30.

[Dejounte]

[BillMc]

Someone pass to Luka

[Sugus]

Weird line-up:

Patty
DeMar
Gay
Luka
Eubanks

I don't like it one bit. Offense reverts to and two players stand hopelessly in the corner, nobody can make plays, all me-first players or passive scorers in Eubanks-Luka. As expected, their bad D also allows Lavine to get hot, that shot over Patty was ridiculous. Not good tbbh

[mo7888]

Weird line-up:

Patty
DeMar
Gay
Luka
Eubanks

Ideally Lonnie or Vassell would replace Rudy right about now...

[tim_duncan_fan]

Stop letting Patty handle the ball. Spot-ups only. .

[PhantomDashCam]

Hopefully that’s Patty and Gay done for the night.

[KobesAchilles]

Now that we are back and once again championship contenders, who do we want to face in the playoffs in the first round? Ideally, LA bc Lebron and AD are finished this year and it’s always fun to knock out the Lakers

[BillMc]

Luka kind meh on defense. Hope he doesn't need touches to play both ends

[cd98]

Man I hope Bulls can comeback.

[RD2191]

Now that we are back and once again championship contenders, who do we want to face in the playoffs in the first round? Ideally, LA bc Lebron and AD are finished this year and it’s always fun to knock out the Lakers

[tim_duncan_fan]

I don't know how these guys expect a defense to shift and leave an opening if neither the ball nor any of the goddamn players move an inch. GRRRRRRRR!

[Sugus]

Well then.....

[BatManu20]

Bulls on 30-10 run.

[Robz4000]

Can't watch the game but I see the score. Also saw Vassell got hurt. What's the story?

[cd98]

Rooting for the Bulls to win so we can get into the lottery. But I find myself upset when Spurs make a good play. Weird.

[cd98]

Bulls are due for a comeback to avenge Spurs win in Chicago.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Rooting for the Bulls to win so we can get into the lottery. But I find myself upset when Spurs make a good play. Weird.

Those two ideas make sense together though.

[R. DeMurre]

Spurs broadcasters slamming Vucevic because of his +/- (worst in the league, R. DeMurre would love this)

Not sure what you're talking about. He doesn't have the worst +/- in the league, and appreciating +/- as a stat requires looking at the big picture. If you own a stock or a cryptocurrency and it's up or down 5% in a single day, it doesn't mean much. If it's up or down consistently for a few years, it does mean something. Almost all of the top players in the NBA-- Lebron, Giannis, Embiid, Kawhi, etc., etc.-- consistently have incredible +/- numbers and have been among the league leaders for years. Mock it if you like, but there's a strong correlation with success on the court. Like with any stat, there are some outliers. But using +/- in conjunction with lots of other factors makes sense.

[cd98]

Come on Bulls.

[Dejounte]

Not sure what you're talking about. He doesn't have the worst +/- in the league, and appreciating +/- as a stat requires looking at the big picture. If you own a stock or a cryptocurrency and it's up or down 5% in a single day, it doesn't mean much. If it's up or down consistently for a few years, it does mean something. Almost all of the top players in the NBA-- Lebron, Giannis, Embiid, Kawhi, etc., etc.-- consistently have incredible +/- numbers and have been among the league leaders for years. Mock it if you like, but there's a strong correlation with success on the court. Like with any stat, there are some outliers. But using +/- in conjunction with lots of other factors makes sense.

Bro what the

I wasn't mocking it. I'm pro statistics. I was laughing at the fact that they were blatantly slamming Vucevic. I don't see that often from broadcasters.

[tim_duncan_fan]

Uuugh these guys move like molasses I swear. On offense and D. Getting tired of it. They started out the game attacking, now it's move the ball up court slow as death.