MINNEAPOLIS – Take the emotions out of it.
Take the record against elite teams, the quality of play since the All-Star Break, all the outside noise of what this Bulls team can’t do, and “flush that sh—down the toilet.’’
That was the message from veteran Tristan Thompson with the regular season now in the rear view mirror.
“You have to,’’ Thompson said on Sunday. “You don’t flush all that sh—down the toilet now … next week is the final exam. Nothing else that’s happened to this point matters. If you let it, you’re in trouble.