There was a tone of acceptance mixed with optimism about the state of affairs for the Bulls after their embarrassing loss to the Hornets in Charlotte, spurred by a performance on the defensive end that could best be described as “non-existent.”
“Usually, you look at a film and it’s never as good or as bad as you think it is,” Hoiberg said. “Yesterday was as bad as I thought it was. It was ugly from start to finish. We weren’t helping each other. We weren’t trusting each other at both ends.”
In other words, it was just as bad as Jimmy Butler surmised after the game when he pointedly said the Bulls didn’t compete, particularly defensively.