Not alone. Again bad FT shooting from Bulls. Many turnovers. And very hot shooting from Knicks again. Hopefully we see a nice comeback from Bulls tomorrow against the Pistons.
Ehh. I think the Bulls lost because they were completely run down by the 4th. This was a tough game to watch, as a Bulls fan, but after a little time it's fine. You can't beat the Knicks playing Knick ball. You have to go out and run your offense and control the pace of the game. That being said, if Noah plays or if the Bulls get that Boozer three point play down the stretch and they're still looking pretty good. I think the game reinforced two needs to be a championship caliber team: a two guard as always; and a enforcer to knock Amare the fuck out when he takes another couple cheap shots on Derrick Rose. I've got to put this on Boozer -- if he was really a team player he'd throw an elbow. It's not Derrick's fault he's not drawing fouls when he drives. The bigs have to get physical and make the refs call a tighter game. No one was willing to do that.
Oh and the final take away point, Taj Gibson needs to be traded before the deadline. What he provides is just too similar to what Boozer does to make him useful. His trade value is unlikely to be higher than it is, because of his contract status. He's moved into the Paxson-get-her-done territory.
He's got to get more than 10 minutes a game to do that. He's not in long enough to get over the jitters.
He was screwing up his rotations on defense yesterday, and the Knicks were picking him apart. I think it may be another off season before he becomes a real contributor.
