Important Blowout

Coming off a loss, the day off helped the Bulls as they looked fresh in last night's 98-6x blowout victory against the Pistons. The blowout is important because it allowed the starters to get more rest and spread out the minutes to the bench. Rose and Deng each played about 33 min when they're used to playing close to 40. Rose scored 22 with 8 asts. Boozer, who has been very consistent this year got it going with 23 and 8 rebs. Noah has been getting into foul trouble, but was able to get some rebound. His scoring is the stat that's been off this season. Everyone contributed in some way last night and the blowout was capped off by a Scalabrine jumper at the end of the game. 

The Bulls were a little slow to start the game and the Pistons pulled within 3 in the 3rd, but the lead was never relinquished. Towards the end of the 3rd, the Bulls started to pull away and starters got their rest midway in the 4th. This is the first game of the Bulls' only 3-games-in-a-row this season and possibly the toughest stretch.