MIAMI -- Fred Hoiberg's message of playing with defensive intensity and toughness is not getting through to his Chicago Bulls players.
That has been clear throughout much of the season, but never more so than during Tuesday night's 129-111 loss to the Miami Heat. The Bulls are depleted -- playing without Joakim Noah (shoulder surgery), Jimmy Butler (knee) and Nikola Mirotic (hematoma removal), but the issues have run deeper than that for months.
The Bulls don't play with the fight they need on most nights, especially on the defensive end.