Oh, what a difference 77 days can make.
Eleven weeks ago the Boston Celtics handed the Bulls their worst home loss in 53 seasons. There’s never a good time for a 56-point drubbing, but it was the opening act for the wild 72-hour period that included a near-mutiny by a handful of players after Jim Boylen called for a Sunday practice following the back-to-back set.
If that wild three-day span was the rock bottom moment for the Boylen era Bulls, Saturday’s victory over those same Celtics, on the second half of a back to back no less, was the peak.