In this context, the shitty Bulls are the “Hollow Horn” (one of Dylan’s few references to Chicago in his songs involved his song about the murder of Emmett Till, and, well, as you might imagine, that’s not an appropriate reference to use for a fucking basketball game matchup).
The Knicks kick off the second half of the season (which, of course, is well past the midpoint of the actual season, as we’re more like 2/3rds of the way through at this point) by hosting the shitty Bulls ahead of two super juicy matchups against the #1 and #2 seeds in the Eastern Conference tomorrow and Sunday.