I didn't think last night's game against the Wizards would end up being a win after Kirk Hinrich made the Bulls pay for trading him. Once again, he showed that he's the league's best defensive guard as he was tasked with holding down Rose. The first half was basically the Hinrich show as he shutdown his former student and was on fire at the offensive end. The Bulls turned the ball over and went into their droughts. Rose somehow scored 25 with the crappy start and bad 4th. If you look at the numbers on the Bulls side, you'd think that there was no way they won this game. Boozer had 30 and Deng had 14. No one else had more than 6. But as bad as they played, they really shutdown the Wizards at the end with tough defense. Hinrich had 19 pts/9 asts/5 rebs.
The positive note is that the Bulls can grind out tough wins. This was again, with Noah out and Gibson with limited time. If we look back at things, the Bulls should have never traded Hinrich. Even if there was a logjam at the guard position, Hinrich and Rose can easily swap point and shooting and do a much better job than the current Rose/Bogans starting combo.
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