The Chicago Bulls have been having a year that they can be proud of. The first winning season in over 6 years, and what is each week looking more and more like the Bulls first playoff season since the Dynasty days. The area which hurts the Bulls right now however is the inconsistency which they have been playing with this season. On Friday March 11th the Bulls pulled out a close win (100-97) against one of the best teams in the league the Seattle Supersonics, what looked like a positive movement, the Bulls go to LA and lose to the LA Clippers (78-83) in what became a game where we saw Kirk Hinrich playing small forward the last few minutes of the game. After a days rest the Bulls met the Sonics again only to see a difference in the ending, suffering a 99-93 loss. The Bulls led in this game by 15 at one point. Next stop was in New Jersey to play the Nets, a team which is trying to fight their way to a playoff spot. With Eddy Curry suffering a hamstring injury which occurred during the Sonics game did not play. This was a game which the Bulls needed to win to build some steam after the back to back losses. Chicago lost this game also however 100-84, with Tyson Chandler leading the Bulls with 12points, 3blocks, 14rebounds. With this slump that the Bulls have hit recently they have to get some wins, and get confidence behind the young players on this team. After getting the games, then comes the consistency. The Bulls are a good, young, energetic team, that needs to become more consistent with their wins. By beating a top seeded playoff team, shows that they can play against anyone. By losing three straight games, two of which were very winnable games show?s the youth that the team has, and that the inconsistency in the win column is why the Bulls are right now a sixth seed playoff team rather then a fourth seed. If the Bulls can get on a hot streak and build up steam going into the playoffs, they can possibly move up to the 4th seed in the playoffs, and give the Bulls home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
