Streaking Bulls take No. 1 seed, home-court advantage for playoffs The Chicago Bulls had just wrapped up their best regular season since Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen collected their final championship, and Derrick Rose was in no mood to celebrate. He'll save it for later. Kyle Korver came up big down the stretch to finish with 19 points, Rose scored 15 and the Bulls won their ninth straight, beating the New Jersey Nets 97-92 in the final playoff tuneup on Wednesday. "I'm happy, I'm definitely happy," Rose said. "I wouldn't like to be on a losing team, but what's the point of celebrating now when you can get knocked out in the playoffs?" The Bulls earned home-court advantage throughout the playoffs later Wednesday with San Antonio's 106-103 loss to Phoenix. Had the Bulls and Spurs tied for the best record, a random drawing would have decided the overall No. 1 seed because all the tiebreakers were even. Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/recap?gameId=310413004
Mind is blowing like it hasn't since Senior year in College! And it was the reserves that pulled it off -- Shades of Bobby Hansen!
I'm glad that Korver had a confidence booster going into the post season. He hasn't had the opportunity to drop points like that since the preseason.
