Man, the mental gymnastics you need to perform when you root for a bleh average team. Especially one that doesn’t have many outs in terms of potential moves.
The Bulls responded from rock-bottom against the Magic with back-to-back improbable wins over the East’s best teams in the Bucks and Celtics. Then split two games against the more-evenly-matched Thunder and Jazz. Then got totally clowned by the West’s best in Phoenix.
What have we learned? What is there to learn beyond what we already knew? This team is fundamentally flawed, but also reliably puts forth an effort that allows them to overcome their shortcomings.