All of the off-season moves seemed designed for the benefit of the offense. Most of the talk of training camp has been about the offense. The first two exhibition games have been encouraging for the offense.
Pacers coach Nate McMillan, however, would take offense to the notion he isn't also demanding defense. The first practice of training camp began with work on the defense, and McMillan isn't going to accept defensive lapses such as the Pacers experienced in Thursday's 115-108 victory over Chicago.
The Bulls scored 67 first-half points, 30 of them in the paint, and hit half of their field goal attempts.