Rose, Bulls Cruising Right Along…
Thursday, January 28th, 2010 | Chicago Bulls, NBA, New Orleans Hornets, Sports
The Chicago Bulls are cruising right along after a 4th straight road win last night – 96-86 over the Oklahoma City Thunder. It was the 4th straight game that the Bulls defeated a Western Conference with a winning record on the road. Coming into the current 7-game road trip, the Bulls had won a TOTAL of 4 road games all season long. With last night’s win, the Bulls assured themselves of a winning record on the trip (5-2 or 4-3), even if they lose to the Hornets in New Orleans on Friday night.
Derrick Rose led the way with 26 points, 7 assists and 3 rebounds. Joakim Noah still recovering from a foot injury scored 13 points and grabbed 11 boards. Loul Deng chipped in with 17 points, while rookie Taj Gibson set a personal career-high with 15 rebounds – nice balance yet again.
The Bulls are now 22-22 – at the .500 mark for the 1st time since November 21, 2009 when the Bulls were 6-6. The Bulls are tied for the 7th seed in the Eastern Conference with the Charlotte Bobcats and they trail the Toronto Raptors by just 1 game for the 5th seed in the East. Crazy stuff.
I’m sure the Bulls will do something really annoying in the next few weeks (maybe sooner) that will make me come back down to reality. But right now, I’m going to savor this long stretch of consistent solid play from the Bulls…
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[...] to be back at the United Center despite their recent road success. The bulls finished up their 7-game road trip with an amazing 5-game winning streak over 5 Western Conference teams with winning records. Not [...]
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