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Midweek musings: Piles of snow, stranded automobiles and other inconveniences of winter would be more tolerable for some of us today if pitchers and catchers were reporting to spring training tomorrow. If it’s any consolation to the baseball fans our there in cyberspace (and possibly elsewhere), it’s getting closer. Give it a little time. Soon. […]
Jimmy Butler celebrated being named an Eastern Conference reserve for the NBA all-star game by scoring 35 points to tie a career high. OK, that’s not quite right. Yes, he did have 35 points. But maybe “celebrate” is not the accurate verb. Because the Chicago Bulls lost Thursday night (early Friday in more easterly time […]
The most surprising part of the Chicago Bulls’ 104-81 victory Thursday against visiting San Antonio was the number of minutes played by the starters. If you didn’t know better, you’d think Gregg Popovich of the Spurs was coaching both teams. * Jimmy Butler (17 points) didn’t lead the Bulls in minutes played; he had 28. […]
Derrick Rose had a good game Wednesday night. The Washington Wizards had a better one. So despite Rose’s game-high 32 points, the Bulls lost 105-99 at the United Center. * If it’s any consolation to Bulls fans (and the guess here is that it might be to some), Rose’s point total was a season high. […]
Sunday smorgasbord: The Chicago Bulls ended their two-game losing streak with an improbable victory Saturday night at the United Center. Well, not totally improbable. After all, the opponent was the Milwaukee Bucks. What was improbable was the performance of Bulls forward Pau Gasol, who had a career-high 46 points. And that’s in a 14-year career. […]
Sunday smorgasbord: Jimmy Butler probably won’t be an all-star game starter. Well, this season. Possibly in the future. The Chicago Bulls guard had a game-high 33 points in a 107-100 victory vs. the visiting New Orleans Pelicans on Saturday night. For those folks worrying that the Bulls failed to sign him to a contract extension […]
Kobe Bryant sat out the Christmas night matchup Thursday of his Los Angeles Lakers and the Chicago Bulls at the United Center. Well, so did I. Of course, he was in street clothes on the Lakers bench. Your humble correspondent was at ElliottHarris.com corporate headquarters — OK, it might have been on the couch in […]
The good news for the Chicago Bulls in Thursday’s game against the visiting New York Knicks? Derrick Rose didn’t play. Well, maybe not good news. But at least it was reported he missed the game because of illness and not injury. Whew! Better news for the Bulls was Jimmy Butler scoring a career-high 35 points […]
Sunday smorgasbord: Derrick Rose made a statement during warmups for Saturday night’s Chicago Bulls-Golden State Warriors game at the United Center by wearing an “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirt. For those who might have thought that phrase was a commercial endorsement for an asthma relief medication, it is not. It refers to the death of Eric […]
Thursday thoughts (or unreasonable facsimiles thereof) while wondering whether the Chicago Bulls are the only NBA team with a winning record overall and a losing record at home (OK, the answer is yes; they are with 2-4 at home and 12-7 overall): * Based on their road/home won-lost splits this season, maybe the Bulls should […]