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What can the Bulls learn from the Pacers’ blueprint about playoff basketball?

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Chicago Bulls' Josh Giddey

The NBA Playoffs are a different game altogether.

The game slows down, with more half-court and less transition offense. More physicality and fewer foul calls. More isolation scoring and fewer system buckets.

At least, so they say.

For a Chicago Bulls team that relied heavily on fast-paced offense and shell-shocking teams by out-efforting them, they may be even further away from competing in the Playoffs if the conventional wisdom is true.

A recent article by Lev Akabas in Sportico highlighted some of the major differences between the regular season and the Playoffs, and confirmed some of those widely held assumptions.

First, the pace does, in fact, slow down. Teams are less likely to get ...

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