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Billy Donovan knew before the game with Brooklyn that the rookie wouldn’t play.
The film showed the Bulls coach all he needed to see with the personnel matchups, and it was obvious to Donovan that the Nets weren’t the right game for Matas Buzelis to continue his path of development.
“They were a little bit smaller, more athletic, quicker,” Donovan said of Brooklyn. “We had been playing two forwards together (in previous games), and sometimes it was Matas and Patrick (Williams), but I just didn’t love that lineup there.