If anyone is having the worst offseason its the Chicago Bulls. Â The No. 1 seed has the possibility of being eliminated by the No. 8 seed Philadelphia 76ers. Â They’ve had pure bad luck losing star player Derrick Rose in game 1 and Joakim Noah suffering a nasty ankle injury in their game 3 loss last night. Â Head coach Tom Thibodeau says however they can’t feel sorry from themselves. Â Read more after the jump.
For a coach who repeatedly said the Bulls don’t have to change following (Derrick) Rose’s season-ending injury, (Tom) Thibodeau sure changed a lot.
He rode his starters longer than usual to open the game and heavy minutes overall. He benched Ronnie Brewer and dusted off seldom-used rookie Jimmy Butler to try to slow (Evan) Turner. Thibodeau even — and we hope you’re sitting down — laughed and smiled during a third-quarter timeout.
But at game’s end, there were only long faces in the Bulls’ locker room.
“We have to find different ways to score and do it quickly,†Thibodeau said. “There’s a quick turnaround here. We can’t feel sorry for ourselves.â€