CHGO Chicago Bulls Podcast

Matt, Big Dave & Will break down the Bulls 111-81 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 3 on Friday night. The Bucks jumped on the Bulls from the start, drilling threes and preventing the Bulls from getting the looks they wanted on offense. DeMar DeRozan only took nine shots following his 41-point Game 2, Zach LaVine looked uncomfortable and the Bulls bench gave them next to nothing. Patrick William...

Matt, Big Dave, Will & Mark discuss DeMar DeRozan's dominant performance matched up with Giannis Antetokounmpo and Billy Donovan's shorter bench in the Bulls' Game 2 win over the Milwaukee Bucks. DeRozan hit 8 of his 9 shots with Giannis as his primary defender on Wednesday night on his way to a playoff career-high 41 points. Will Giannis and the Bucks be more aggressive with DeMar in Game 3? Also...

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Matt, Big Dave & Will break down the Bulls 114-110 win over the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 2 of their first round playoff series. True to his word, DeMar DeRozan bounced back from a rough shooting night in Game 1 with a 41-point masterpiece. Nikola Vucevic also had a strong response, scoring 24 points and hitting 4 of his 8 three-point attempts and playing engaged defense. Bulls role players stepped...

Matt, Big Dave & Will discuss what offensive and defensive changes the Bulls might make for Game 2 against the Milwaukee Bucks. How much of the Bucks' struggles to score in Game 1 should be credited to the Bulls defense, and what do they need to do better? Should the Bulls stick with a similar offensive game plan to Game 1? They may have pulled out the win had their big three of DeMar DeRozan, Zac...

Matt, Big Dave & Will break down the Bulls 93-86 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 1 of their first round playoff series Sunday night. After an ugly 1st quarter, the Bulls fought their way back into this game, even briefly taking a lead late in the 3rd quarter. The teams went back in forth in the 4th, and the Bucks just made a few more plays. Brook Lopez in particular mad some big buckets. The B...

Matt, Big Dave, Will & Mark dive deeper into Billy Donovan's playoff rotation options and the all-important matchup of DeMar DeRozan vs key Bucks defenders. The guys talk about how the minutes might be spread out at the power forward and center positions, and the allotment of minutes that Donovan will give to young guys like Patrick Williams and Ayo Dosunmu. Do DeMar's previous playoff series stat...

With Zach LaVine and the Bulls ready to tip off their first round playoff series with Giannis Antetokounmpo's Bucks, we at CHGO thought it was time to rank Chicago and Milwaukee in some off-the-field categories. Who has the better lakefront? Which city's beer scene is better? And, of course, we'll debate the merits of all the sausages. Kevin Kaduk is joined by Matt Peck, Subria Whitaker and Kacy S...

Matt, Big Dave & Will welcome 3-time Chicago Bulls champion and NBC Sports analyst Will Perdue to the studio to talk about the upcoming playoff series with the Milwaukee Bucks. We get Will’s thoughts on key matchups between the teams and what the Bulls must do to give themselves a chance. We also talk with Will about the disappearance of NBA rivalries and whether or not there’s a new one building...

Matt, Big Dave & Will welcome Stephen Noh of Sporting News to discuss how the Bulls can optimize their chances against the Milwaukee Bucks. They take a closer look at offensive and defensive matchups. They also talk about which players from each team could end up being the X-factors who decide the series. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/CHGOSports WEBSITE: http://allCHGO.com/ BUY MERCH: http:...

Matt, Big Dave & Will welcome The Athletic’s Darnell Mayberry to get his thoughts on the disappointing conclusion to the Bulls regular season and the upcoming first round series with the Milwaukee Bucks. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/CHGOSports WEBSITE: http://allCHGO.com/ BUY MERCH: http://CHGOLocker.com FOLLOW ON SOCIAL: Twitter: @CHGO_Bulls / @Bulls_Peck / @BawlSports / @wontgottlieb Ins...

On this episode, Matt, Big Dave & Will break down the Bulls 124-120 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Sunday night. The Bulls rested DeMar DeRozan, Zach LaVine, Nikola Vucevic and Coby White for their meaningless regular season finale. In their absence, Patrick Williams and Ayo Dosunmu stepped up with career nights, combining for 61 points. Was this a sign of things to come in future Bulls se...

On this episode, Matt, Big Dave & Will break down the Bulls 133-117 loss to the Charlotte Hornets on Friday night. What the heck happened to this team? Playing in their final home game before their first playoff series in five years, the Bulls laid an absolute egg. Their defense was nonexistent in the first quarter, allowing the Hornets to make their first 11 field goal attempts. LaMelo Ball had 2...

On this episode, Matt, Big Dave, Will & Mark take a look at exactly what went wrong for the Bulls in the final third of the 2021-22 NBA season. They start on the offensive side of the ball (3:15), which has seen a decline of epic proportion after being dominant for large stretches of the early season. Then they shift focus to the defensive side (26:02), which has been a mixed bag of good and bad,...

On this episode, Matt, Big Dave & Will break down the Bulls 117-94 loss to the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night. The Bulls laid another egg against a playoff-bound Eastern Conference team. If this was the effort they were going to give, then why bother playing DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine? Both All Stars are nursing injuries nearing the end of a long season. What was the point of sending them ou...

On this episode, Matt, Big Dave, Mark & Will discuss the Bulls breaking their playoff drought and the 127-106 loss the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday night. The Bulls once again couldn't hang with the Bucks despite 40 points from DeMar DeRozan. Now that the playoff spot has been clinched, should Billy Donovan consider resting ailing and exhausted players for their final three regular season games? Plu...

In this episode, Matt, Big Dave & Will preview the Bulls’ final week of the regular season. The magic number to clinch a top-six seed is down to one with several key matchups remaining across the Eastern Conference (4:45). The guys then discuss whether the Bulls can spend these last four games pulling themselves out of a shooting slump (19:40). And finally, they look at Patrick Williams' recent up...

On this episode, Matt, Big Dave & Will break down the Bulls 127-109 loss to the Miami Heat on Saturday night. Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan combined for 59 points, but didn't get enough help from their supporting cast. Meanwhile, the Heat got huge contributions from their bench (51 points) on their way to 54% shooting as a team and 50% from behind the three-point line. The Bulls shooters still can...

On this episode, Matt and Big Dave break down the Bulls 135-130 overtime win over the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday night. DeMar DeRozan added another masterpiece to his epic season, scoring a season-high 50 points. His only missed free throw of the night (14-15) sent the game to overtime, but the Bulls rallied in the extra frame to pull out the massive victory. The win, coupled with the Cavs l...

On this episode, Matt, Big Dave, Will & Mark talk about the recent return of Patrick Williams and the underwhelming results. What are fair expectations for Pat’s current role, and is he meeting them? What are fair expectations for Pat’s future role, and do we believe he will meet those? The guys also evaluate Arturas Karnisovas and Marc Eversley assembling this roster, and how they might be able t...

On this episode, Matt, Big Dave & Will break down the Bulls 107-94 win over the Washington Wizards on Tuesday night. Nikola Vucevic got his offensive looks going early and often, and had 20 points by halftime. That made up for slow starts by DeMar DeRozan and Zach LaVine, and then DeMar got going. He finished with 32 points, and also successfully passed out of the Wizards traps in the 4th quarter....

On this episode, Matt, Big Dave & Will break down the Bulls 109-104 loss to the New York Knicks on Monday night. The guys start off by discussing some of Billy Donovan's coaching decisions, regarding both rotation and late-game execution. How can this (hopefully still) playoff-bound team lose to a Knicks team already on death's door? Especially when they get nothing from Julius Randle and miss a t...

On this episode, Matt, Big Dave & Will are joined by John Sabine to break down the Bulls 98-94 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night. Zach LaVine led the Bulls with 24 points, and all 5 starters scored in double figures. The team's collective defensive effort was much improved from earlier this week in losses to Milwaukee and New Orleans. Is this the start of the Bulls finally rightin...

Which team pulled off the biggest surprise season in Chicago sports history? Was it Kerry Wood and the 1998 Chicago Cubs? Was it Ozzie Guillen's 2005 Chicago White Sox? How about the 2018 Chicago Bears or this season's DeMar DeRozan-led Chicago Bulls? Kevin Kaduk, Adam Hoge and Luke Stuckmeyer debate on THE Chicago Sports Podcast. SUBSCRIBE: https://www.youtube.com/c/CHGOSports WEBSITE: http://all...

On this episode, Matt, Big Dave & Will break down the Bulls 126-109 loss to the New Orleans Pelicans on Thursday night. Zach LaVine scored with ease and efficiency all night in the absence of DeMar DeRozan, but it wasn't enough. While Zach got an early 4th quarter rest, the Pelicans went on a deadly run led by Jose Alvarado. Nikola Vucevic had a strong first half, but essentially disappeared after...