Josh Giddey completed with a career-high 32 factors, 10 rebounds, and 9 assists within the Chicago Bulls’ 135-125 win over the New York Knicks on Friday night time.
The Bulls at the moment are 5-0 for the primary time because the 1996-97 season.
“We really feel good as a bunch of the place we’re at proper now, however there is a lengthy strategy to go,” Giddey mentioned following the win. “Each night time there’s totally different guys making performs and stepping up. We have a bunch of fellows — six, seven guys averaging double figures. That type of speaks volumes to how deep we’re as a staff and the influence we’re getting throughout the board.”
Six Bulls gamers completed in double figures, with the staff recording 31 assists on 45 area targets.
Giddey is averaging 22 factors, 8.8 rebounds, and eight assists on the yr.
Billy Donovan credited the staff’s chemistry for the quick begin.
“The mentality that they imagine, which I feel could be very, very highly effective, I feel when there’s perception, it is actually, actually highly effective,” mentioned Donovan. “There’s good connection. They have good relationships. All of them can speak to one another. I feel there’s a variety of constructive issues that they’ve that actually go into profitable.
