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Split: Smaller lineups worked in some of these periods, but lost rebounding advantage

11:49pm, 20 November 2025【Basketball】

Hupu News November 20th Today’s NBA regular season Trail Blazers home game against the Bulls has ended. At the end of the game, the Trail Blazers lost to the Bulls 121-122.

After the game, Trail Blazers interim head coach Split accepted an interview with the media and talked about the last-minute victory by his opponent.

Split: The Bulls are a very good team, they can constantly break through and distribute the ball. Five of their players on the court can shoot, and even the center is pulled out to shoot three-pointers, which takes our center out of the penalty area, which puts a lot of pressure on our defense, so this problem is very difficult.

After that, we switched to a small lineup and wanted to try unlimited defense changes. This was effective in some periods, but then we lost our rebounding advantage.

In the Bulls' last attack in the fourth quarter, Coby White passed to Vucevic, who hit a three-pointer to kill. However, the Trail Blazers failed to complete a 20-point reversal in this game.