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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Still Trying to Find What Works
The Chicago Bulls have stopped the losing. Not with great basketball on offense, but with excellent defense, and Pau Gasol, maybe someone who is criticized quite heavily for his play this season, carrying the team forward.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls at Their Best in Ugly Games
The Chicago Bulls are trying to improve on both ends of the floor under their new head coach, but the 92-89 win over the San Antonio Spurs showed once again this team is at its best when they have to shuffle through injuries and grinding out games instead of trying to go head to head with “pretty”, slick basketball.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Thrive on Derrick Rose & Jimmy Butler Defense
The Chicago Bulls beat the Portland Trail Blazers 93-88 mainly behind the excellent backcourt defense of Derrick Rose and Jimmy Butler, an excellent duo on both ends of the floor, and probably the two that hold the key to a successful season for the Bulls.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls, Jimmy Butler Know How to Play Without Derrick Rose
Reality for the Chicago Bulls is getting used to having Derrick Rose out from time to time. It might not make them any better (it doesn’t); it just means that they’re used to it, and doesn’t mess up the team’s offense and rhythm as much as it would for a different team missing one of it’s most important players.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Can Handle a Short Derrick Rose Absence
A great game from Jimmy Butler helped the Chicago Bulls survive against the Indiana Pacers en route to a 96-95 win, and losing Derrick Rose with another (minor) injury for a short time shouldn’t be too problematic.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Stuck With Handicapped Derrick Rose for a While
Turns out Derrick Rose isn’t going through a short experience of blurred vision. The Chicago Bulls point guard may be some months away from seeing clearly, which explains why he’s been playing so inconsistently, not to say poorly since the start of the season. Recovering from a left orbital fracture, Rose isn’t shying away from […]
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls, Derrick Rose Know How to Handle the Oklahoma City Thunder
The Chicago Bulls needed to work some things out on both sides of the floor. Turns out that facing a troubled Oklahoma City Thunder, with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook unable or unwilling to change, was just what the doctor ordered.
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Chicago Bulls – Jimmy Butler Takes the Reins, Derrick Rose Seeing Double
The Chicago Bulls are off to a 2-0 start, following up their opening night win by beating the Brooklyn Nets 115-100 with Jimmy Butler and Nikola Mirotic in the driver’s seat and Derrick Rose dealing with coming back from his injury.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Smart Enough Not to Get Carried Away
Winning on opening night is an isolated event, a one-time thing. The Chicago Bulls looked impressive at times, clunky at others, to kick off their season on a positive note, but it’s very imaginative linking their victory over the favorites to win the Eastern conference to their own chances of ending up as champions.
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NBA Rumors – Chicago Bulls Believe It’s Their Year (Again)
Five years since the beginning of the season in which Derrick Rose won the MVP, the Chicago Bulls are no closer, or even further away, to winning their first NBA champions in the post-Michael Jordan reality. Is Fred Hoiberg the head coach to put the pieces together in a way that results in them lifting a trophy?