The Chicago Bulls currently sit at 11-15 as the No. 11 seed in the Eastern Conference following their heartbreaking overtime loss at the buzzer to the Atlanta Hawks on Sunday.
ESPN’s NBA experts update their NBA Power Rankings every week, which landed the Bulls at No. 23 for Week 9, jumping two spots from last week’s ranking.
Jamal Collier explains:
The Bulls are a league-worst 3-10 in clutch games — games within five points in the last five minutes — this season, including their latest loss at the buzzer in overtime against the Hawks. The poor record marks a steep dropoff from their excellent clutch performance last season when they were 25-16 in the clutch — fourth best in the NBA.
As Collier points out, the Bulls have seen quite the dip from last season’s astounding clutch performances, which wasn’t sustainable with this group heading into this season. But, to be a league-worst in crunch time is a different story, which is a leading reason why Chicago sits outside looking in the play-in.
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