With Zach LaVine missing his umpteenth straight game compounded by a late scratch of Nikola Vucevic, the Bulls were severely undermanned heading into a back-to-back in Atlanta against the Hawks Saturday night.
They wound up winning the first half 63-54, helped by a wild 6-0 run in the final minute. Patrick Williams had his best offensive output in months with 15 points in that half. It’s enough to make a dumbass sportswriter in all of us wonder: Do Vooch and LaVine impact winning? Have the Bulls formed a 24-minute identity? Is Patrick Williams actually Batman and LaVine is Nightwing and Vuc is, uh, Red Hood?