That's it? That's what that vaunted West Coast offense looks like, the famed pace and space for three pointers? That's what they're all excited about, this new NBA of three pointers raining down like another damp day in Portland? Well, it was a stormy night for the Portland Trailblazers Tuesday as the Bulls with a deluge led by the lightning of Jimmy Butler and the thunderous board work and interior defense pummeled one of the league's highest scoring and fastest teams, 113-88.
The Bulls opening their Western Conference "circus" road trip played one of their most effective, efficient, complete and dominating games, ahead by double digits the last 42 minutes, essentially never challenged in leading by 21 points after one quarter, by 19 at halftime, 20 after three—as much as 26—and by at least 20 for all but 15 seconds of the fourth quarter.