Chicago Bulls at Indiana Pacers
Team Totals: Bulls 110.5, Pacers 116
Injury Report: Wendell Carter Jr. (Q, quad), Otto Porter Jr. (O, back), Lauri Marrkanen (O, shoulder), Doug McDermott (Q, knee)
Bulls projected starters: Coby White, Zach LaVine, Garrett Temple, Patrick Williams, Wendell Carter Jr.
Pacers projected starters: Malcolm Brogdon, Justin Holiday, Doug McDermott, Domantas Sabonis, Myles Turner
Donovan quotes: Said Patrick Williams has been big on watching film, said the PNR struggles on D is partly because other players are doing better against drop coverage, said he does have concerns about guys playing too many minutes but his main guys are all healthy.
Bjorkgren quotes: Said the three-guard lineup (Aaron, McConnell, Brogdon with McDermott and Turner) lineup is clicking, said he likes how he can go to so many different combos.
Stats and Notes:
*Malcolm Brogdon has really fallen off in the last six at 15.2 points, 4.7 boards, 5.2 dimes, 1.0 steals and 1.5 treys on a brutal 43.0 TS% and a 26.0 usage rate. It’s been a mixed bag of good and bad matchups, but today he gets one of the best ones out there. Brogdon is 11th in PNR handler attempts per game and he gets the league’s worst PNR handler defense. Brogdon’s assist numbers are slightly down when he’s next to T.J. McConnell, but not enough to worry about his overall stats given McConnell’s lower usage rate. He’s still shot just 39.7% on drives over his last 10, so that has to come up and it should there.
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