How much difference a day makes. Yesterday, yours truly was crowing about our Chicago Bulls having a window to make up some ground in the Eastern Conference with a fairly winnable schedule this week against a triumvirate of contests against sub-.500 clubs. I had hoped the Bulls would be able to build off a nervy 98-94 victory over the Cavaliers this weekend.
Instead, Chicago fumbled away a game against Tom Thibodeau’s seemingly lottery-bound 34-42 New York Knicks, 109-104, with the Bulls putting up little defensive resistance. New York was playing on the second night of a back-to-back.