Knicks Unleash Stunning Strategy to Edge Out Pacers in Nail-Biting Game 3 Thriller
While Derrick Rose and Joakim Noah were the defining players of that era, fans of the early 2010s NBA might remember the Bulls also used the âBench Mobâ to start second and fourth quarters. It was typically four bench players and Luol Deng, the teamâs second-leading scorer, and their job was to make their opponents miserable with effort and a cohesiveness that made them greater than the sum of their parts, at least for a few minutes at a time.
In Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals Sunday night, with the entire series on the line, Thibodeau, now known mostly for playing his starters so many minutes that TV analyst Kenny Smith said at halftime, âThibodeau wouldnât play nine guys in a baseball game,â went with a bench mob.
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