Chicago Bulls Team Stats 2021 Bulls Team Stats

26-39, 3rd in East Central

Chicago Bulls' fans, it must seem like an eternity since they dominated professional basketball. The 1990s belonged to Michael Jordan and the Chicago Bulls. Across the last 22 seasons since the last Bulls NBA title, Chicago has made one conference final, losing to Miami in six games. Despite four abysmal seasons as we transitioned to a new millennium, the Bulls have been a moderately successful team. With changing faces and young players, the recent future hasn't been the most pleasant for Chicago Bulls' faithful. Chicago hasn't won 30 games across the last three seasons, including 19 games under .500 during last year's shortened schedule. The Bulls have landed in the bottom half of the league defensively for four years running.

Home Record: 0-3 Away Record: 2-0 Conference Record: 2-2 Division Record: 0-1

Head Coach: Billy Donovan Assitant Coach: Maurice Cheeks Assitant Coach: Chris Fleming Assitant Coach: Joshua Longstaff

Assitant Coach: John Bryant Assitant Coach: Damian Cotter General Manager: Artūras Karnišovas Arena:

Bulls Team Stats

Team Ratings				Offense Stats											Defense Stats
Overall	OFF RTG	DEF RTG	PPG	ORB	AST	TO	FGM	FGA	3PA	3-PM	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Pace	PPG Allow	DRB	AST Allow	STL	BLK	FG% Allow	3P% Allow	FORCE TO
81	110.8	112.5	110.6	613	1742	1001	2740	5742	2184	796	47.7	36.4	79.5	99.2	112.4	2280	1571	433	268	47.6	35.5	833

Bulls Team Rankings

Team Rankings				Offense Rankings											Defense Rankings
Overall	OFF RTG	DEF RTG	PPG	ORB	AST	TO	FGM	FGA	3PA	3-PM	FG%	3PT%	FT%	Pace	PPG Allow	DRB	AST Allow	STL	BLK	FG% Allow	3P% Allow	FORCE TO
21	20	16	21	22	8	27	12	21	20	19	9	15	9	14	17	14	7	28	28	26	5	26

Bulls Team Offensive Stats

Opponent		Vegas			Points Scored					Shooting						Rebounding			Assists	TO
Date	Team	Spread	ML	O/U	TOT PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	FGA	FGM	3PTA	3PTM	3PT%	FG%	DREB	OREB	TOT REB	TOT ASS	TO
5/3/21	PHI	+7.5	+255	210.5	94	20	23	20	31	87	36	34	11	32.4	41.4	28	12	40	25	15
5/1/21	ATL	-8.5	-380	217.5	97	26	37	12	22	85	40	24	6	25	47.1	31	8	39	22	13
4/30/21	MIL	+2	+110	224	98	16	28	19	35	96	37	33	10	30.3	38.5	36	14	50	23	10
4/28/21	NYK	-1.5	-166	210.5	94	19	29	27	19	85	39	29	10	34.5	45.9	36	7	43	29	14
4/26/21	MIA	-3.5	-230	205.5	110	20	32	24	34	77	41	29	11	37.9	53.2	42	9	51	33	18
4/24/21	MIA	-4.5	-190	203	101	18	23	22	38	79	38	38	13	34.2	48.1	36	6	42	28	17
4/22/21	CHA	-1	-120	210.5	108	34	24	30	20	87	43	43	14	32.6	49.4	38	11	49	30	16
4/21/21	CLE	+2.5	+115	210.5	105	12	32	28	33	79	39	37	13	35.1	49.4	34	7	41	27	19
4/19/21	BOS	-4.5	-180	211.5	102	24	18	32	28	90	41	32	11	34.4	45.6	31	9	40	30	12
4/17/21	CLE	-3	-150	213	106	29	18	33	26	82	41	40	16	40	50	34	4	38	30	10
4/16/21	MEM	+3.5	+145	219.5	115	33	24	28	30	96	45	34	13	38.2	46.9	33	13	46	34	11
4/14/21	ORL	-5.5	-500	214	106	22	31	19	34	86	41	37	17	45.9	47.7	33	7	40	23	12
4/12/21	MEM	-0.5	-138	229	90	22	25	27	16	86	36	31	5	16.1	41.9	32	8	40	23	17
4/11/21	MIN	+2.5	+162	231	117	26	29	32	30	92	47	38	15	39.5	51.1	30	8	38	30	13
4/9/21	ATL	-1.5	-120	227	108	33	33	18	24	86	41	33	13	39.4	47.7	30	8	38	25	13
4/8/21	TOR	+1.5	+140	216.5	122	33	31	33	25	87	47	30	12	40	54	37	12	49	35	16
4/6/21	IND	+1	+110	227	113	30	32	35	16	94	44	33	14	42.4	46.8	43	14	57	28	20
4/4/21	BKN	+2.5	+120	0	115	25	32	32	26	78	43	22	8	36.4	55.1	34	6	40	29	9
4/2/21	UTA	-13.5	-900	0	106	25	24	24	33	89	43	28	7	25	48.3	34	7	41	26	6
3/29/21	GSW	-1	-108	227	102	29	31	25	17	84	44	24	6	25	52.4	31	8	39	33	19
3/27/21	SAS	-1.5	-125	219.5	104	20	19	34	31	95	41	34	8	23.5	43.2	37	11	48	28	14
3/24/21	CLE	-7.5	-320	214	94	25	30	17	22	83	37	28	8	28.6	44.6	35	10	45	21	15
3/22/21	UTA	+9.5	+400	228	95	23	19	29	24	96	39	26	6	23.1	40.6	35	14	49	21	13
3/21/21	DET	+1.5	+126	217	100	20	26	29	25	80	37	28	14	50	46.3	43	9	52	26	18
3/19/21	DEN	-7	-300	225	127	30	25	34	27	90	47	35	17	48.6	52.2	33	9	42	32	16
3/17/21	SAS	0	0	0	99	31	27	22	19	91	40	33	11	33.3	44	37	14	51	24	17
3/16/21	OKC	-7	-280	226	123	42	29	31	21	94	48	36	12	33.3	51.1	30	12	42	24	11
3/16/21	OKC	-7	-280	226	123	42	29	31	21	94	48	36	12	33.3	51.1	30	12	42	24	11
3/14/21	TOR	-3.5	-165	230	118	28	30	27	33	97	44	44	12	27.3	45.4	46	14	60	35	11
3/12/21	MIA	+3	+116	219.5	90	21	21	26	22	91	34	38	15	39.5	37.4	38	11	49	25	16
3/11/21	PHI	-3.5	-160	228.5	105	23	34	28	20	83	39	29	14	48.3	47	30	8	38	26	19
3/3/21	NOP	-6	-230	237	128	26	38	32	32	94	48	28	12	42.9	51.1	32	13	45	28	14
3/1/21	DEN	+4.5	+165	224.5	112	25	30	32	25	94	42	38	12	31.6	44.7	30	14	44	25	10
3/1/21	DEN	+4.5	+165	224.5	112	25	30	32	25	94	42	38	12	31.6	44.7	30	14	44	25	10
2/26/21	PHX	+6.5	+220	226.5	97	26	32	23	16	79	39	31	12	38.7	49.4	35	7	42	25	17
2/22/21	HOU	+1	+100	226.5	120	29	25	46	20	91	49	36	15	41.7	53.8	47	8	55	24	11
2/20/21	SAC	+1	+100	235.5	122	28	40	27	27	82	49	23	11	47.8	59.8	36	2	38	24	14
2/19/21	PHI	-6	-250	227	105	30	23	26	26	95	40	32	7	21.9	42.1	29	13	42	24	11
2/17/21	DET	-4.5	-184	222.5	105	27	16	27	35	85	41	28	8	28.6	48.2	38	8	46	29	13
2/15/21	IND	-4.5	-190	224	120	24	25	30	26	102	44	33	13	39.4	43.1	47	13	60	25	18
2/12/21	LAC	+7.5	+250	225.5	106	25	29	24	28	85	40	32	12	37.5	47.1	33	8	41	23	13
2/10/21	NOP	+2.5	+120	229.5	129	44	22	40	23	81	48	47	25	53.2	59.3	28	7	35	36	16
2/8/21	WAS	-4.5	-190	237	101	27	21	30	23	85	36	30	9	30	42.4	40	10	50	23	16
2/6/21	ORL	+1.5	+105	225	118	31	30	34	23	91	47	30	15	50	51.6	36	11	47	28	10
2/5/21	ORL	+2.5	+115	224.5	119	31	25	25	38	96	46	30	9	30	47.9	30	10	40	27	8
2/3/21	NYK	-1.5	-130	218	103	17	35	24	27	88	43	36	6	16.7	48.9	32	6	38	25	9
2/1/21	NYK	-3.5	-160	217.5	110	32	27	25	26	88	42	34	11	32.4	47.7	33	7	40	30	12
1/30/21	POR	-2.5	-140	233.5	122	34	19	33	36	85	43	45	21	46.7	50.6	32	11	43	31	15
1/30/21	POR	-2.5	-140	233.5	122	34	19	33	36	85	43	45	21	46.7	50.6	32	11	43	31	15
1/25/21	BOS	+3.5	+145	228	103	25	25	26	27	88	41	39	17	43.6	46.6	32	9	41	28	18
1/23/21	LAL	+9.5	+380	226.5	90	17	16	33	24	84	33	25	8	32	39.3	35	10	45	18	18
1/22/21	CHA	0	0	0	123	30	31	34	28	95	49	43	15	34.9	51.6	29	15	44	33	15
1/18/21	HOU	+2	+110	225	125	28	36	29	32	92	43	45	20	44.4	46.7	37	10	47	23	17
1/17/21	DAL	-6	-260	225	117	27	40	22	28	85	43	25	7	28	50.6	42	5	47	32	13
1/15/21	OKC	+2	+110	224.5	125	30	38	27	23	91	43	46	21	45.7	47.3	47	9	56	27	24
1/10/21	LAC	-12	-900	221.5	127	31	28	35	33	77	47	33	18	54.5	61	35	3	38	30	22
1/8/21	LAL	-8.5	-360	221.5	115	33	25	30	27	91	46	26	10	38.5	50.5	32	9	41	26	12
1/6/21	SAC	-7.5	-300	229	124	25	34	34	31	93	49	40	14	35	52.7	33	10	43	27	14
1/5/21	POR	-3	-480	233	111	21	24	36	30	91	40	41	16	39	44	41	11	52	27	15
1/3/21	DAL	0	0	0	118	31	28	27	32	85	39	37	13	35.1	45.9	37	11	48	16	16
1/1/21	MIL	-8.5	-1350	233	96	21	19	35	21	87	38	26	6	23.1	43.7	36	6	42	18	20
12/31/20	WAS	-6.5	-260	237	133	35	36	36	26	92	50	36	14	38.9	54.3	35	9	44	34	15
12/29/20	WAS	-6	-250	238.5	115	31	21	31	32	87	38	36	15	41.7	43.7	32	5	37	26	14
12/27/20	GSW	+2	+112	227.5	128	27	29	41	31	86	44	41	17	41.5	51.2	47	7	54	27	24
12/26/20	IND	+5.5	+190	223.5	106	28	28	15	35	91	34	39	16	41	37.4	28	13	41	23	20
12/23/20	ATL	+0.5	+112	233.5	104	29	30	20	25	87	36	35	8	22.9	41.4	29	8	37	20	15

Bulls Team Defensive Stats

Opponent		Vegas			Points Allowed					Shooting (Allowed)						Rebounding (Allowed)			AST Allow	Defensive
Date	Team	Spread	ML	O/U	TOT PTS	Q1 PTS	Q2 PTS	Q3 PTS	Q4 PTS	FGA	FGM	3PTA	3PTM	3PT%	FG%	DREB	OREB	TOT REB	TOT ASS	BLK	STL
5/3/21	PHI	+7.5	-310	210.5	106	34	26	23	23	75	40	28	11	39.3	53.3	37	7	44	23	2	7
5/1/21	ATL	-8.5	+310	217.5	108	31	23	28	26	74	37	36	14	38.9	50	38	6	44	19	0	11
4/30/21	MIL	+2	-130	224	108	28	24	28	28	90	42	25	9	36	46.7	43	8	51	24	5	5
4/28/21	NYK	-1.5	+140	210.5	113	32	20	24	37	91	42	27	12	44.4	46.2	32	9	41	27	4	2
4/26/21	MIA	-3.5	+190	205.5	102	26	27	29	20	84	36	36	7	19.4	42.9	28	6	34	18	4	3
4/24/21	MIA	-4.5	+170	203	106	33	28	19	26	80	36	37	14	37.8	45	31	6	37	22	2	7
4/22/21	CHA	-1	+100	210.5	91	23	21	23	24	82	35	31	8	25.8	42.7	31	8	39	30	2	8
4/21/21	CLE	+2.5	-135	210.5	121	34	27	38	22	88	45	36	16	44.4	51.1	32	9	41	27	4	6
4/19/21	BOS	-4.5	+160	211.5	96	30	18	18	30	77	36	25	10	40	46.8	36	3	39	21	8	11
4/17/21	CLE	-3	+130	213	96	24	25	21	26	88	39	30	12	40	44.3	33	11	44	27	2	6
4/16/21	MEM	+3.5	-165	219.5	126	33	24	37	32	86	45	40	17	42.5	52.3	36	6	42	33	1	3
4/14/21	ORL	-5.5	+400	214	115	32	22	39	22	89	44	27	12	44.4	49.4	33	13	46	29	6	7
4/12/21	MEM	-0.5	+118	229	101	22	26	22	31	85	40	28	9	32.1	47.1	41	10	51	27	3	8
4/11/21	MIN	+2.5	-194	231	121	29	37	25	30	81	40	36	16	44.4	49.4	33	3	36	27	8	10
4/9/21	ATL	-1.5	+100	227	120	25	28	33	34	84	47	27	7	25.9	56	35	6	41	25	1	6
4/8/21	TOR	+1.5	-186	216.5	113	27	24	28	34	97	42	34	11	32.4	43.3	26	15	41	19	3	5
4/6/21	IND	+1	-130	227	97	28	21	25	23	88	38	30	9	30	43.2	27	6	33	20	5	9
4/4/21	BKN	+2.5	-142	0	107	28	18	26	35	93	45	28	11	39.3	48.4	31	4	35	28	3	4
4/2/21	UTA	-13.5	+610	0	113	26	32	30	25	79	37	36	13	36.1	46.8	37	6	43	16	3	5
3/29/21	GSW	-1	-108	227	116	34	31	31	20	92	46	38	16	42.1	50	29	10	39	28	5	8
3/27/21	SAS	-1.5	+105	219.5	120	33	32	31	24	85	46	25	10	40	54.1	37	4	41	29	3	6
3/24/21	CLE	-7.5	+260	214	103	25	28	25	25	93	42	30	11	36.7	45.2	34	12	46	28	4	6
3/22/21	UTA	+9.5	-500	228	120	29	27	33	31	92	45	39	17	43.6	48.9	36	10	46	25	3	5
3/21/21	DET	+1.5	-148	217	86	25	20	20	21	82	32	25	4	16	39	29	8	37	20	8	8
3/19/21	DEN	-7	+250	225	131	20	27	34	35	91	48	34	14	41.2	52.7	34	9	43	29	2	6
3/17/21	SAS	0	0	0	106	17	23	27	39	89	38	31	8	25.8	42.7	33	13	46	19	3	6
3/16/21	OKC	-7	+240	226	102	28	35	16	23	90	42	20	7	35	46.7	30	13	43	16	4	8
3/16/21	OKC	-7	+240	226	102	28	35	16	23	90	42	20	7	35	46.7	30	13	43	16	4	8
3/14/21	TOR	-3.5	+145	230	95	22	27	24	22	89	34	45	12	26.7	38.2	31	6	37	23	7	6
3/12/21	MIA	+3	-136	219.5	101	29	13	28	31	80	37	35	12	34.3	46.3	40	1	41	26	3	5
3/11/21	PHI	-3.5	+140	228.5	127	30	34	33	30	103	53	33	10	30.3	51.5	32	13	45	25	6	3
3/3/21	NOP	-6	+195	237	124	25	20	34	45	83	46	22	6	27.3	55.4	28	7	35	29	8	6
3/1/21	DEN	+4.5	-185	224.5	118	37	25	27	29	87	46	27	10	37	52.9	41	9	50	22	3	7
3/1/21	DEN	+4.5	-185	224.5	118	37	25	27	29	87	46	27	10	37	52.9	41	9	50	22	3	7
2/26/21	PHX	+6.5	-260	226.5	106	26	20	28	32	88	44	22	6	27.3	50	27	3	30	35	4	2
2/22/21	HOU	+1	-120	226.5	100	24	24	26	26	96	37	40	13	32.5	38.5	35	11	46	20	5	5
2/20/21	SAC	+1	-120	235.5	114	21	37	25	31	98	44	29	8	27.6	44.9	29	12	41	22	8	5
2/19/21	PHI	-6	+210	227	112	32	26	27	27	87	41	21	7	33.3	47.1	37	16	53	23	6	5
2/17/21	DET	-4.5	+164	222.5	102	35	26	12	29	82	37	28	8	28.6	45.1	34	6	40	15	7	8
2/15/21	IND	-4.5	+170	224	112	21	23	26	35	92	39	33	9	27.3	42.4	39	8	47	18	2	6
2/12/21	LAC	+7.5	-300	225.5	125	30	28	32	35	86	50	30	13	43.3	58.1	33	4	37	20	3	4
2/10/21	NOP	+2.5	-140	229.5	116	34	40	14	28	81	41	36	13	36.1	50.6	26	9	35	27	6	4
2/8/21	WAS	-4.5	+170	237	105	24	34	25	22	86	36	26	6	23.1	41.9	37	10	47	23	4	6
2/6/21	ORL	+1.5	-125	225	92	31	12	21	28	95	37	27	6	22.2	38.9	32	15	47	17	10	6
2/5/21	ORL	+2.5	-135	224.5	123	33	33	26	31	81	42	27	11	40.7	51.9	39	10	49	27	5	9
2/3/21	NYK	-1.5	+110	218	107	34	29	28	16	89	43	22	11	50	48.3	36	11	47	19	3	11
2/1/21	NYK	-3.5	+140	217.5	102	27	28	26	21	87	37	29	6	20.7	42.5	34	11	45	21	1	3
1/30/21	POR	-2.5	+120	233.5	123	32	32	29	30	88	45	42	17	40.5	51.1	26	9	35	20	2	5
1/30/21	POR	-2.5	+120	233.5	123	32	32	29	30	88	45	42	17	40.5	51.1	26	9	35	20	2	5
1/25/21	BOS	+3.5	-165	228	119	33	27	31	28	87	44	29	15	51.7	50.6	38	6	44	28	7	4
1/23/21	LAL	+9.5	-475	226.5	101	29	34	20	18	79	36	19	4	21.1	45.6	37	5	42	20	1	8
1/22/21	CHA	0	0	0	110	29	24	30	27	85	42	32	7	21.9	49.4	33	11	44	22	4	10
1/18/21	HOU	+2	-130	225	120	16	36	34	34	88	46	40	17	42.5	52.3	34	2	36	25	3	10
1/17/21	DAL	-6	+220	225	101	23	29	23	26	93	41	31	8	25.8	44.1	35	12	47	18	6	14
1/15/21	OKC	+2	-130	224.5	127	22	28	37	31	105	48	45	15	33.3	45.7	37	7	44	26	8	5
1/10/21	LAC	-12	+600	221.5	130	22	30	42	36	92	45	38	20	52.6	48.9	23	12	35	28	2	6
1/8/21	LAL	-8.5	+300	221.5	117	28	31	33	25	81	41	29	12	41.4	50.6	32	10	42	21	3	10
1/6/21	SAC	-7.5	+205	229	128	28	34	31	35	91	47	37	14	37.8	51.6	27	12	39	30	2	3
1/5/21	POR	-3	+380	233	108	39	15	31	23	94	39	51	19	37.3	41.5	36	10	46	23	5	5
1/3/21	DAL	0	0	0	108	31	29	21	27	88	39	42	11	26.2	44.3	30	11	41	23	2	11
1/1/21	MIL	-8.5	+810	233	126	27	35	34	30	85	42	45	22	48.9	49.4	39	5	44	27	6	10
12/31/20	WAS	-6.5	+220	237	130	41	27	32	30	84	42	29	14	48.3	50	28	9	37	27	3	9
12/29/20	WAS	-6	+210	238.5	107	26	20	27	34	84	37	37	10	27	44	39	8	47	25	1	7
12/27/20	GSW	+2	-132	227.5	129	24	36	33	36	104	42	47	18	38.3	40.4	31	10	41	25	6	4
12/26/20	IND	+5.5	-220	223.5	125	27	39	33	26	93	52	26	9	34.6	55.9	40	9	49	34	7	7
12/23/20	ATL	+0.5	-132	233.5	124	42	41	28	13	80	43	35	14	40	53.8	38	8	46	24	3	10

Bulls Team Leaders

Points Per Game

Z. LaVine: 27.5

C. White: 14.9

L. Markkanen: 13.9

W. Carter Jr.: 12.5

T. Young: 12.2

Assists Per Game

Z. LaVine: 5.1

T. Satoransky: 4.8

C. White: 4.7

T. Young: 4.3

G. Temple: 2.2

Rebounds Per Game

W. Carter Jr.: 8.4

D. Gafford: 6.1

T. Young: 6.1

L. Markkanen: 5.4

Z. LaVine: 5.1

Steals Per Game

O. Porter: 1.3

T. Young: 1.1

P. Williams: 0.9

W. Carter Jr.: 0.8

T. Satoransky: 0.8

Blocks per Game

D. Gafford: 1.9

L. Kornet: 1.1

W. Carter Jr.: 0.8

P. Williams: 0.6

Z. LaVine: 0.5

Bulls Player Stats

NAME	RTG	MINS	PTS	AST	REB	STL	Blk	TO	FG%	FGM	3PTM	3PA	3P%	FTM	FTA	FT%
Coby White	78	1917	926	289	249	34	13	140	41.3	333	136	390	34.9 0	124	136	91.2
Zach LaVine	86	1867	1458	269	270	43	27	193	50.6	521	182	437	41.6 0	234	276	84.8
Patrick Williams	74	1804	584	91	294	57	40	87	47.5	228	48	125	38.4 0	80	109	73.4
Thaddeus Young	77	1480	743	262	373	69	33	121	57.4	337	10	38	26.3 0	59	94	62.8
Garrett Temple	74	1333	382	109	133	38	23	53	42.3	143	61	180	33.9 0	35	43	81.4
Tomas Satoransky	77	1222	424	253	133	40	13	93	51.6	160	40	112	35.7 0	64	74	86.5
Lauri Markkanen	78	1160	613	39	236	20	12	46	47.2	222	101	262	38.5 0	68	81	84
Denzel Valentine	79	995	393	99	192	30	6	42	37.8	150	77	234	32.9 0	16	17	94.1
Wendell Carter Jr.	81	504	238	30	160	16	15	26	52.5	94	7	25	28 0	43	60	71.7
Ryan Arcidiacono	70	416	114	49	60	8	0	8	39	41	19	59	32.2 0	13	20	65
Daniel Gafford	78	308	187	8	104	12	33	14	70	77	0	0	0 0	33	55	60
Chandler Hutchison	74	185	67	11	39	7	1	11	42.6	26	4	13	30.8 0	11	13	84.6
Luke Kornet	71	164	55	15	35	0	14	5	48.9	23	8	25	32 0	1	2	50
Otto Porter	80	66	24	5	14	4	0	0	36	9	1	9	11.1 0	5	5	100
Cristiano Felicio	74	59	14	8	14	2	0	4	57.1	4	0	1	0 0	6	10	60
Adam Mokoka	66	54	15	5	5	2	1	4	38.9	7	1	10	10 0	0	1	0
Devon Dotson	67	23	8	2	3	2	0	0	50	4	0	1	0 0	0	0	0

Contents

Chicago Bulls Team Stats 2021
Bulls Team Stats
Bulls Team Rankings
Bulls Team Offensive Stats
Bulls Team Defensive Stats
Bulls Team Leaders
Bulls Player Stats

However, the problem has been magnified even more at the offensive end of the court. Chicago has ranked in the bottom ten of the NBA for four consecutive seasons. Early returns on 2020-21 team statistics must have Chicago fans elated. Chicago has jumped as high as fifth in the league in scoring, mostly bolstered by a dramatically improved shooting percentage from the field. Since last year, the Bulls have improved their fifth-worst shooting percentage into the top-10. Chicago doesn't have a roster full of high-profile names, but they have the ability to spread playing time deep down their bench. Those substitutions are now called by a new voice. Chicago brought in former Thunder head coach Billy Donovan to draw up the X's and O’s. The Bulls have an interesting team, one that is trying to instill a winning attitude back into the locker room. Their prospects for 2020-21 may not be as a championship-caliber team, but they are in the middle of a six-team block battling for a playoff spot.