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Breakdowns in the Bulls defense leading to a crawl in the standings

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The Bulls defense has been bleeding out for most of March, and facing an elite team like the Boston Celtics on Saturday, all of it was exposed.

It took Coby White almost no thought to break down the latest defensive flaws to grip the necks of his Bulls team.

“I feel like our first-shot defense has been good,” White explained after Saturday's loss to Boston, almost sounding like a coach. “It’s just, you know, the offensive rebounds, which lead to the kick-out threes and lead to wide-open threes and defensive breakdowns. So we just got to, like I said, just limit them to one shot.