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Chicago Bulls head coach Jim Boylen had another of his signature quick timeouts in a 117-106 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks during a blown play-call, and then another, and then one more for good measure. Totaling three botched plays, including one out of a timeout, called for lack of proper execution.
These college-type interruptions have become a staple of the Boylen regime, as the coach questioned his players' basketball IQ, saying he was “disappointed” they lacked “intelligence” during a 28-16 second quarter that put the Bulls on a hole, according to Cody Westerlund of 670 The Score.
“I called a timeout and drew a baseline out-of bounds and we ran it poorly. You can’t do that,” said an irate Boylen, according to K.C. Johnson of The Chicago Tribune. “I can’t use my timeout and we draw something up that has worked for us before and we don’t execute it. That’s unacceptable here. And it aggravates me.”
“And then we had two other plays we called where we had guys in the wrong spot. We can make excuses that we didn’t know what we were going to have until today at 11 a.m. and we’ve only scripted so much with those guys. But I’m not bailing our guys out with that crap.”
Boylen has ran a tight ship since first getting the job on Dec. 3 and his players are well aware of what awaits them at practice once these play calls are blown — more repetition.
The Bulls had a 13-point lead heading into the second quarter, but gave it all away in the second, as a 22-point differential was more than enough to ride out a win, even without Giannis Antetokounmpo in the lineup.
