the sixers are a bad road team so this was nice to see for me. they're certainly not getting many home games in the playoffs, so i'll take the win.

rose is somethin' else though. and i'm glad he's starting to get more selfish when he needs to. he didn't used to do that.

This game was lost in the first quarter with the gigantic hole the Bulls dug themselves in to. The same thing happened against Memphis and Milwaukee during this last week. It didn't help that everyone else on the roster besides Rose decided to not show up last night. They made a nice little run in the 2nd half, but just fell flat near the end. Rose ran out of gas, and it was probably a mistake that Thibs played Rose the entire 2nd half. You could tell at the end of the game that Derrick just had nothing left. I understand why Thibs left him out there. The rest of the team wasn't doing anything, and Thibs was hoping that Derrick could make a nice little run to start the 4th quarter, and then he could probably rest him for 2-3 minutes. Well that never happened, and then he had no choice but to just leave him on the floor.

If I had to pick one weak link out of this group, it would have to be Boozer. Since the ankle injury he just doesn't seem to be the same guy. If the Bulls are going to have any success in the post-season, Boozer is going to have to step up. He's just playing way too soft lately, and if that's the level of effort he is going to give, then Id rather see Taj out there.

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The Bulls got off to a very, very slow start and it seemed to get a lot worse when the 76ers lead the Bulls by as many as 23 in the first half. The usually reliable Bulls' bench had just 14 points compared to 31 for the Sixers, the Bulls turned it over 17 times and the team missed 12 more free throws. I don't think the Bulls lead the Sixers once in last night's game either.

Agreed. If Boozer continues to play the way he's been playing lately, the Bulls will be very beatable in the playoffs.

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