Bulls Disappointed in Playoff Performance

“It’s very disappointing to get in a hole like that,” coach Tom Thibodeau said.

Playing without the suspended Nene, the Wizards scored Game 4’s first 14 points, led by as many as 23, withstood every charge and walked off the Verizon Center court amid strewn confetti with a 98-89 victory.

“It’s really disappointing,” Joakim Noah said.

If troubling trends — slow starts, turnovers, below-average defense — aren’t fixed by Tuesday’s Game 5, the disappointment will linger into the offseason. The Bulls have never rallied from a 3-1 deficit to win a playoff series in franchise history.

“It’s just disappointing,” Kirk Hinrich said. “We thought the mistakes we’re making, we could correct them.”

via K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune