Did you ever see the cartoon where the feisty little guy wants to take on the giant, and the giant really wants no part of it? He knows he can knock out the little guy. But the little guy just keeps swinging, roundhouse punch after roundhouse punch, but he's hitting nothing but air. Because the giant has his arm outstretched holding the little guy's head, and the little guy can't reach the giant. But he keeps swinging and swinging.
That was the Bulls and Toronto Raptors Tuesday in Toronto's mostly nonchalant 112-103 victory.
The Bulls basically had no chance in this game with the 52-23 Raptors, who are second in the Eastern Conference and convinced they finally are title contenders (psst, maybe don't let them know yet, but they are not.