Oct 29, 2026 · 20 min · 11 segments
Chicago Bulls head coach Tiago Splitter, rookie Caleb Wilson, and Norman Powell speak to the media after a dramatic 133-127 loss to the New York Knicks at the United Center. Despite building a…
I know there are no moral victories
in the NBA, but did you like your guys' response tonight in terms of physicality and also obviously shot making and the ball sharing?
Yeah, I think, you know, we were focused for a longer period of time throughout the game.
which is good, but the game still has 48 minutes.
And, you know, that last quarter tonight wasn't good enough.
Of course, they have great players.
You know, Brunson took over the game, and we tried a little bit of everything, blitzed him, and just, you know, that's why they won the championship.
But I think we competed for the most part.
We got better tonight, and, you know, We did a couple of good things on offense, share the ball, make more shots tonight, which is good to see.
Got a cue on the board, so, you know, we got to get better at that.
To that point about being a 48-minute game, I saw you wanting to double Jalen, that one possession late in the fourth, and just not happening.
Is that just part of the growing pains of a young team?
Yeah, I think they know what I want.
We just got to be ready, and We were not listening, I don't know, tired or what, and made a mistake there.
So, you know, part of the growth.
It felt like there were stretches where Matas and Caleb were kind of playing a little bit just more comfortably together tonight.
Did you ID that as well, just a feeling like their fit is starting to work out a
little bit? Yeah, I think they play better together and also when they were not together, they were aggressive, you know, trying to make plays, take care of the ball.
You know, we still got too many turnovers there sometimes, but got to be smarter in some situations.
But, again, I can't go to sleep if we fight like this and compete.
every night.
Tiago, you guys came into this game second in the league in total passes as a team and bottom two in the league in assists.
What happened tonight, is that kind of what you envisioned as far as .5, sharing the ball, sort of the ball movement?
Yeah, I think we moved the ball side to side plenty of times.
We touched the paint and sprayed the ball out.
I know there are no moral victories
in the NBA, but did you like your guys' response tonight in terms of physicality and also obviously shot making and the ball sharing?
Yeah, I think, you know, we were focused for a longer period of time throughout the game.
which is good, but the game still has 48 minutes.
And, you know, that last quarter tonight wasn't good enough.
Of course, they have great players.
You know, Brunson took over the game, and we tried a little bit of everything, blitzed him, and just, you know, that's why they won the championship.
But I think we competed for the most part.
We got better tonight, and, you know, We did a couple of good things on offense, share the ball, make more shots tonight, which is good to see.
Got a cue on the board, so, you know, we got to get better at that.
To that point about being a 48-minute game, I saw you wanting to double Jalen, that one possession late in the fourth, and just not happening.
Is that just part of the growing pains of a young team?
Yeah, I think they know what I want.
We just got to be ready, and We were not listening, I don't know, tired or what, and made a mistake there.
So, you know, part of the growth.
It felt like there were stretches where Matas and Caleb were kind of playing a little bit just more comfortably together tonight.
Did you ID that as well, just a feeling like their fit is starting to work out a
little bit? Yeah, I think they play better together and also when they were not together, they were aggressive, you know, trying to make plays, take care of the ball.
You know, we still got too many turnovers there sometimes, but got to be smarter in some situations.
But, again, I can't go to sleep if we fight like this and compete.
every night.
Tiago, you guys came into this game second in the league in total passes as a team and bottom two in the league in assists.
What happened tonight, is that kind of what you envisioned as far as .5, sharing the ball, sort of the ball movement?
Yeah, I think we moved the ball side to side plenty of times.
We touched the paint and sprayed the ball out.
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