The silver lining in the Bulls-Wizards series is that it will motivate them to work on their defense next year like no regular season loss could. Have you ever had a bad habit that you told yourself you could change anytime you wanted to, and then when circumstances spurned you to change you found it was much harder than you thought?
It's the same with defense in sports. Quick improvement is impossible. In the playoffs, it's not something that can be boosted solely through effort. It takes months of practice, and I think losing their first playoff series in eight years is probably the only thing powerful enough to inspire them to work on it next year.
They shouldn't be faulted for playing mediocre defense this year. You can only fix so much at a time, and for the past two years the focus has rightfully been on the offense. And while I hope I'm proven wrong and they somehow come back from a 0-2 deficit in the series, I'm happy enough to see them in the playoffs after all this time and win a game or two at home.
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