Well, it happened again. Our hapless Chicago Bulls built up an impressive early double-digit lead only to squander the whole darn thing and stumble into a loss.
This time, their opposition was significantly more impressive than the last two teams to pull off this feat against them, but that’s still not really a great excuse for Chicago’s brutally erratic play on both ends of the floor.
Hosting Kawhi Leonard, Paul George and their full-ish strength Los Angeles Clippers, Chicago pieced together a superlative first quarter-and-a-half of basketball before falling apart yet again. The Bulls led by as many as 19 points in the second quarter, but could not prevent the Clippers from going on a gangbusters 24-3 run around the midway point of the second quarter to get right back into the game.