Back and Forth

As the Bulls and Celtics play on opposite nights and both teams keep winning, it seems like the Bulls will be in 1st place every other night. Boston tied it up the night before and the Bulls got their half game back against the Nets last night.

If the current 7-game win streak was going to come to an end, I thought it would be against NJ. It's not because NJ had their own 5-game streak in the works, but the Bulls just seem to always lose to NJ, especially when visiting... no matter how bad or good they are. And now they have Deron Williams. The Nets jumped on offense immediately with Williams, Lopez and Humphries posting strong 1st quarters. Those 3 guys have been their bread and butter during the streak. Several misses by Vuacic and Farmar let the Bulls back in it though. They quickly tied things up and came up with the lead at the half. They weren't shooting particularly well, but won all the hustle points. Asik had a lot of put backs on missed jumpers. He was probably the guy the kept the Bulls from falling too far behind in the 1st.

It started to look like a blowout, but the Nets made a 14-point run to tie the game up in the 3rd. It was close for the rest of the quarter, but the Bulls as usual made the clutch plays while the Nets missed their shots down the stretch. So Deron Williams switched teams, but had the same outcome and was outplayed by Rose a second time!