On Friday evening, the Bulls (+3.5) and Bucks (-3.5) were caught in the muck together in Milwaukee. A key NBA East battle saw both teams shoot well under 40 percent, with neither sitting at 50 points by halftime. If division rivalry meant anything in the NBA (it doesn’t), one would think the familiarity between Chicago and Milwaukee played a part in the griminess. Never mind watching bright stars like Giannis Antetokounmpo and DeMar DeRozan: This was a defensive slog (a euphemism for poor offense), and someone was going to have to crawl out of the woodwork.
Speaking of griminess and crawling out of the woodwork, Grayson Allen happens to play for the Bucks these days. After a career of grit (underhanded dirty plays) with Duke that gave Allen a well-earned mark of notoriety, he’s still plugging away these days in the NBA. Huh, who would have thought that would translate to the professional level?
And boy, did Allen have something to say, or rather, due to Chicago’s Alex Caruso in the late third quarter of Friday’s marquee matchup.
