Wednesday night wasn’t the first battle between the Chicago Bulls and Brooklyn Nets this season, but it certainly was the most important. Why? It had the most hype and was on the biggest stage.
The Bulls took over first place in the Eastern Conference to begin the new calendar year as a three-game losing streak slid the Nets into second. So when the Bulls and Nets took the court on Wednesday, it was for bragging rights. Chicago got its first taste of Brooklyn’s Big 3 and what it’s capable of when the Nets’ strolled into the United Center and trounced the Bulls by 26 points.
Between Kyrie’s first appearance, Caruso’s first absence and the Bulls having had played the night before, there’s a lot that went into this vastly different outcome. Let’s peel back the layers and dissect what we learned from the game.
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