Chicago Bulls, a young and ambitious team, surprise with their undefeated start

The unmistakable chords of Sirius, by Alan Parsons, sound in the United Center. Memory, inevitably, takes a lightning trip to the 1990s. Michael Jordan, the best player in basketball historyflew and collected championship rings. Today, he is a legend and a statue outside the stadium. Chicago Bullswhich does not have dazzling stars as in that era of glory, is one of the surprising undefeated teams at the start of the 2025-2026 season.

The 126-113 victory over the Sacramento Kings He raised the tally to four victories, without losses. In previous forecasts, Billy Donovan’s team was not in anyone’s considerations to be among the best in the NBA. Of course, with so few games played, it would be very risky to assure that this situation will last until April, when the regular season ends. However, the statistics offer a clear horizon for the Bulls: 128 of the 149 teams (86%) in history that started 4-0 qualified for the playoffs. With just that, the Bulls would achieve something that they barely achieved in one of the last nine campaigns, 2021-2022, precisely the last one in which they had a start like the current one.

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The keys to Chicago’s successful dawn are clear: group defensive commitment – it has the third best defensive efficiency in the league – an attack with distributed scoring, always with the best option as the flag and a voracious search to go towards the hoop – it scored 110 or more points in the four games – and the desire to achieve success with a young squad, with little playoff experience and no championship titles.

The veteran experience comes from Nikola Vucevic, who is 35 years old and has 14 seasons in the NBA. No other player on the team is over 30 years old.

The Bulls’ first powerful rival will be next: they host the New York Knicks on Friday, October 31, one of the candidates to win the Eastern Conference, who is looking for a new Sheriff following the serious injuries of Jayson Tatum in the Boston Celtics and Tyrese Haliburton in the Indiana Pacers.

Can these young and fast-paced Bulls join that race? For now, only the Philadelphia 76ers share their unbeatable status in the East and the same happens with the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs in the West.

There is another nod to the numbers that generates excitement in the ‘Windy City’: Chicago did not score 100 or more points and achieved four victories in the first four games since the 1995-1996 season. Although distant, the catchy melody created by Alan Parsons plays again. The Bulls are going strong.

Giddey, leader of the Bulls

With the victory against the Kings resolved, Josh Giddey sat down to rest with the task more than accomplished: 20 points, 12 assists and 8 rebounds with 4 minutes remaining.

The 23-year-old Australian, who renewed his contract for four years and 100 million dollars, is averaging 19.5 points – the team’s top scorer -, 8.5 rebounds and 7.8 assists per game in this furious start to the season, with a respectable 42.9% in triples.

Giddey’s departure from Oklahoma City generated the necessary improvement in the Thunder squad to win the championship title last season. He, in silence, seeks his personal and collective revenge in Chicago.

Buzelis, the surprise of Chicago

Matas Buzelis is the revelation of these Bulls. The 21-year-old forward is playing his second season in the NBA and seems willing to take a giant leap in quality.

Born in Chicago and with Lithuanian blood, his father Aidas was a basketball player and his mother Kristina Jankauskaitė, a volleyball player, both professionals in the Baltic country, Matas dazzles with his athletic and vertical game. He is not afraid to go to the hoop with an interesting combination of strength and elegance, as in that double and foul with a eurostep included in the first quarter against the Kings.

Buzelis scored 27 points against Sacramento and thus recorded the third game of 25 or more in his short career in the league. He averages 16.8 points in 2025-2026, almost double what he contributed in 2024-2025 (8.6).

White, the absentee who will raise the level of the team

Coby White has not yet played in the current season due to a right calf injury. The guard scored 20.4 points per game last season and was the team’s leading scorer among those still on the roster.

The return of White will give more offensive variants to Donovan, who intends not to rush one of his most important players even though he no longer feels pain.

The excellent start allows the coach to have the necessary calm. The road is long and it has just begun.

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