Nasty game leads to .500 record
The Bulls are at .500 for only the 5th time since the end of November. They pulled it off in a nasty game against the Indiana Pacers.
They have suffered bad loses to bad teams. Which includes the Sacramento Kings winning after being down 35 points. Yeah, the Bulls gave away the win to the second largest comeback in NBA history.
They have also had some good wins against good teams in this stretch. They left arenas victorious against San Antonio, Orlando and took two games from New Orleans with Chris Paul.
Yesterday’s game seemed like a sealed .500 victory. The Indiana Pacers are the sixth worst team in the NBA. Danny Granger, their best player, has been hurt for most of the season. When he has played, there are signs of lingering pain.
The Bulls did not come to play. The board grabbing presence of Joakim Noah was exposed. They looked bored to say the least and were lucky to come away with the 109-101 win to become even with a 25-25 record.
Noah is needed. He will be greeted with open arms by everyone when he returns after the All Star break.
1 win away from even record
The Bulls are finally playing up to their potential. This potential isn’t polished enough to win the NBA championship yet, but they have been making head way towards a winning season. Three weeks ago, fans were ready to stick a fork in them for the entire season.
Fortunately, the team bounced back and have been playing solid team ball. The shocking thing is most of this turn around has been on the road. Last night, the 21-22 Bulls beat the aging champions of the 25-18 San Antonio Spurs to be one win away from a .500 record. The win was the 3rd consecutive road win in the middle of a 7 game trip to the west coast.
Bulls lead Rockets from start to finish
In the 4th game of their 7 game road trip, the Chicago Bulls went to Houston to let the fuel out of the Rockets. This is exactly what happened as the Bulls won 104-97.
Chicago jumped out to a 10-2 lead and never looked back. At times it looked like the Rockets were going to refuel and take the lead, but they didn’t have enough fire power.
T-MAC gets his Holiday Wish
The Houston Rockets and Tracy McGrady are finally parting ways after a few disappointing seasons.
The Rockets General Manager Daryl Morey and Head Coach Rick Adelman have agreed letting McGrady leave the roster is best for the team.
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Job on the line
Head Coach Vinny Del Negro is under the hot seat. The pressure he has been building up for him to turn his team around from their bad stretch. The Bulls started the season out 4-2 including wins against the San Antonio Spurs (pre-season number two in Western Conference) and Lebron’s Cleveland Cavaliers.
Since then, they have 4 wins in their last 20 games and find themselves with an 8-15 record. In the past week and a half, they have lost to the New Jersey Nets, who had only one victory before the Bulls, and have lost by 25 or more points to the Atlanta Hawks, Toronto Raptors and Boston Celtics.
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