How about that for a nice start to the Bulls infamous (or should it be notorious?) circus trip? The starters didn't exactly dominate as Rose was the only one that finished on the plus side of the +/- stat. Can I say thank goodness for the bench?!? Kyle Korver, who took a commercial flight well after the rest of the team took off on their charter to get to Houston (if you think YOU don't have enough leg room in the back of a commercial airplane, imagine being 6'7" back there!) led the Bulls with a +23 as he gutted out 26 min with a sore knee. Brewer and Asik were both +16 on the bench as well. Again, CJ Watson continues to struggle but didn't do any damage to the Bulls with a 0 in +/- although he had 2 steals. Joakim had the worst +/- at -18 and again struggled in the second half. I can't find a split on 1st/2nd half, but I believe for the second time in two games, he had about 8 boards in the first half and no more than 2 in the second half. Is he healthy? Doesn't seem like it to me...
Well, how about those 6-3 Bulls without their prized free agent signing as Boozer hasn't set foot on the court in uniform (he looks nice in his suits though) leading their Eastern Conference in scoring?!? And you thought Coach Thibs was a defensive-oriented coach and were worried about the offense... Don't get me wrong...I've liked the "new" defense as they seem to be able to get stops when needed and their rotating MUCH better than Vinny had them doing last season. But they are still giving up too many points overall and a lot of that has to do with their inability to adequately guard the 3-point line. Anyway, I can't believe the Bulls are leading the conference in scoring and I'm pretty sure that hasn't happened since the "glory days".
Tough test tonight going up against a very veteran savvy Spurs team with a seemingly rejuvenated Richard Jefferson. The Spurs have an NBA-best 8-1 record (tied with New Orleans). Of course, they were off last night while our Bulls were busy battling the Rockets down to the wire.
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