Rose is listed as a gametime decision, I doubt he'll play though after Kirk had a decent game against Detroit on Tuesday. The Lakers are playing the Pistons tonight, so if the Bulls can pull off a win and Lakers can take care of business, Chicago can pull ahead of Detroit for the 7th seed.....which if the playoffs started today, would be a Magic/Bulls 1st round matchup. I think they're the only team out of top four in the East that they actually have a chance against in the playoffs so hopefully things will work out.
Plus, Wade has had some bad games when playing in Chicago. Hopefully he won't be able to reproduce that monster of a game that he had in Miami. Not trying to take anything away fro Kobe or LeBron, but that was the first game where I was truly in awe of a players performance since you-know-who's glory days. If the Bulls can win this, their schedule is tailor made for them to be able to coast and gain confidence going into the playoffs.
Typical of Ben Gordon to score all his points when the other team gives up. Way to pad those stats loser. I laughed out loud when he got blocked and fell over at the end of the game, not like that's unusual to see that happen as he tries to force up horrible shots. We got Salmons and Hinrich, Gordon can get the f out of town.
Gordon is simply in a shooting slump right now, especially from downtown. It was good to see Gordon hit two threes in the fourth with how bad he's been shooting them as of late. Once Gordon gets going again, this team is going to be even more deadly. In reality, Deng should probably be the one to get out of town, because Rose/Hinrich/Gordon/Salmons play really well together, and can be depended upon to be on the court more than Deng (Hinrich's injury this year was a freak injury), and they're all better than Deng when out there.
Another solid effort and good win against a playoff team. Bulls are tied for 7th, mostly because Detroit doesn't care anymore, but still...
That's what I'm sayin'! Great game, John Salmons is amazing. If Deng comes back, you throw him on the bench. Things are going too good right now to start experimenting.
