Paul Sullivan: Patrick Beverley has had a chip on his shoulder since his Chicago high school days. Can it help Bulls survive?
CHICAGO — No one is quite sure which Chicago Bulls team will show up Wednesday night in Toronto for their play-in game with the Raptors. They’ve played much better since the arrival of Patrick Beverley in late February but not good enough to shrug off their 40-42 record or their tendency to put themselves into an immediate hole in the first quarter. “You can’t really predicate basketball off ...
CHICAGO — No one is quite sure which Chicago Bulls team will show up Wednesday night in Toronto for their play-in game with the Raptors.
They’ve played much better since the arrival of Patrick Beverley in late February but not good enough to shrug off their 40-42 record or their tendency to put themselves into an immediate hole in the first quarter.
“You can’t really predicate basketball off misses and makes,” Beverley said Monday after practice at the Advocate Center. “You can’t say a guy is not ready for it because he missed shots. It’s basketball. It’s a make-or-miss league. You really can’t control that.
“What you can control is your effort on the defensive end. From that standpoint, I think
