Game #59, Sat, 02/27 Bulls @ Pacers

Bm335 wrote:Go Bulls!!!! I will be at the game cheering them on! So excited, my girlfriends first bulls game :-)

Derrick Rose sat on a training table with his bruised left knee wrapped in ice and left without talking to reporters.

Luol Deng hustled his way to 18 rebounds but shot 5-for-14 with five turnovers and when he did speak to reporters, he warned his swollen left knee could sideline him for Monday night's game.

There are nights in the NBA when a team plays flat from the onset. And with the banged-up Bulls playing their eighth game in 12 days Saturday at Conseco Fieldhouse, their 100-90 loss to the Pacers proved a textbook example.

The Bulls turned in an incorrect active list pregame — inadvertently making Joe Alexander inactive despite Joakim Noah, Lindsey Hunter and Jerome James not being with the team — and things went downhill from there.

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Rose led the Bulls with 27 points but left with 2 minutes, 56 seconds remaining after banging knees with Earl Watson. Coach Vinny Del Negro said he didn't believe the injury was serious.

Deng's condition might be in the short-term. What is it with the Pacers and banging knees? Danny Granger, who scored a game-high 30 Saturday, made Deng his victim in these teams' meeting on Wednesday.

"It's a little sore," Deng said. "I'm not sure about the next game. We'll see how it responds (Sunday) after a day off."

Some might argue the Bulls took Saturday night off.

Bm335 wrote:Yup live at conseco!! We live in Indy. Go bulls