The Bulls were feeling good after beating the Wizards on the road in consecutive games, but it was always going to be a tall order to go into Milwaukee and beat the Bucks on the second half of a back-to-back on New Year’s Day. Making it even more difficult was not having Lauri Markkanen, Tomas Satoransky, Chandler Hutchison and Ryan Arcidiacono (infamous Giannis defender!) available once again, with Billy Donovan revealing before the game that Hutchison had tested positive for COVID-19.
Even given the circumstances, I was hoping the Bulls could at least be competitive in this game, even if I didn’t expect a win.