After the Bulls fired Fred Hoiberg and John Paxson made a big deal about spirit, energy and passion, you knew they were going to bring DA FIRE AND DA PASSION in Jim Boylen’s official Bulls head coaching debut against the Pacers.
And they did! It was obvious from the start that the broadcast crew (and later the studio show) was going to hammer this agenda home, and it got obnoxious to a point when they tried to stretch it to the offensive side as well, but the Bulls legitimately did put forth a quality effort on the defensive end.