Back-to-Back Pattern

The Bulls are back to their usual pattern of winning the 2nd game of a back-to-back. Naturally, I would rather that they win both games, but the positive I can take out of this is that there's some fire in them. Losing a game they should have won against LA last night fired them up for the Wizard's game tonight. In tonight's game, Gordon & Deng were awesome, putting up 22 and 20 point respectively. They've both got to keep up those numbers if the Bulls are going to put together a winning streak. More importantly, Thomas and Gray made some big contributions off the bench, combining for 24 points and 16 rebounds in Wallace's absence.

It's hard to figure out what Bull's lineup works, so they should really play matchups against the opposing team. I've seen success and failure with both their offensive and defensive lineups. I would've liked to see more of Sefolosha during the Laker's game. The combination of him and Hinrich did a great job on Bryant last year. Of course I don't know what goes on during their practice games. I imagine playing time is somewhat based on that too.