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Despite the Bulls' loss to the Bucks, Billy Donovan remains enthralled by their fighting spirit
The Chicago Bulls' four-game winning streak came to an end in Milwaukee, but coach Billy Donovan saw nothing but positive and encouraging signals from his team's performance against the Bucks on Wednesday.
The Bulls entered the Fiserv Forum with the determination to continue their winning ways. But the Bucks eventually defeated them due to a 14-point edge from the first half; Chicago still managed to claw their way back to the contest and even force a nail-biting overtime.
The outstanding tandem of DeMar DeRozan and Coby White led the Bulls. Deebo, hit the running floater to push the game to the OT. He exploded for 41 points and 11 assists. Meanwhile, White continued his breakout season with 33 markers and six three-pointers.
Love the fighting effort
Donovan is nothing but proud of the heart and resilience that his Chicago squad has boasted against the Bucks.
Despite being short-handed and facing big odds to win after a one-sided first half, the Bulls kept pounding and nearly defeated the Bucks for the second time in 12 regular-season days.
“I was really proud of the way these guys competed and fought and battled all the way through,” Donovan said. “We got down by double digits, we came back several times. In overtime, we had some plays around the basket, we just couldn’t finish.”
Bucks coach praised the Bulls
Milwaukee coach Adrian Griffin also applauded what the Bulls had offered against his team.
Behind DeMar and Coby, Chicago went toe-to-toe with Milwaukee starting from the third quarter. But in the end, Griffin is delighted that they were able to complete the escape.
“The Bulls played a terrific game,” Griffin said. “Every time we thought we had them down, they kind of fought and clawed back in the game.
