Bulls' Nikola Vucevic: Poor performance in opener

Vucevic finished Wednesday's season-opening win over the Pistons with 15 points (7-21 FG, 1-4 3Pt), 15 rebounds and four assists in 36 minutes.

The veteran center had an uncharacteristically poor shooting performance after shooting 47.7 percent from the field and 40.0 from three last season. His struggles mainly came from in-close as he missed several open shots from right around the hoop. The big-man did lead the team in shots, however, which is promising for his production considering the offseason arrivals of offensive stars Lonzo Ball and DeMar DeRozan. Overall, nights like these don't come often for the two-time all-star, and he figures to get right back to his usual production on Friday against the Pelicans.