The Bulls remaining schedule is tough, and they haven’t been good against a tough schedule

It’s kind of nuts how quickly the NBA schedule turns from having too many games and ‘schedule losses’ (where the results are borderline invalid) to a renewed sense of urgency given that the ‘break’ during All-Star weekend means only 23 games remaining.

And it’s especially so this season for your Chicago Bulls, as they are firmly in the postseason but it’s a very competitive race for the top-6 seeds to avoid the play-in tournament.

Here’s where they stand at the break, tied for first but a mere 5 games from 7th.

Now, this was a lot scarier in the week-plus leading into the break with multiple rotation players still unavailable, but as we know DeMar DeRozan put back on his cape (with help from Nikola Vucevic, Coby White, and Ayo Dosunmu) and had the Bulls not only surviving but thriving.