After a nice victory over the hot Wizards, the Bulls try to repeat what the Pistons did on Wed night: Beat the best team in the east on their home floor.  It’s not gonna be easy, and prolly not gonna be pretty but, we’ll see what happens.  My guess is that if we win, Gray and Thomas will have to be a big part of the game.  And of course our 3 smalls are gonna have to shoot over 40%, prolly over 45% on avg.

Lets see if we can’t steal one tonight.  That would be a huge one for a confidence builder. In other news, I am selling out and agreed to merge with another popular Chicago sports blog.  More details to come on that shortly.  But the site will be even better if it pans out.

Has Duhon been playing well, or has he just been playing like his same old self, with everyone else just playing horribly?  It was sad that the Bulls had to work so hard to win a game against the Bobcats.  Their team is just so bad.  Skiles said it best: "Somebody has to win the game."  Both teams looked that bad.  I couldn’t believe how many opportunities the Bobcats were giving us, and how long it took us to finally capitalize on them.  Essentially, it came down to offense.

Hinrich was awful again.  Ben Wallace wasn’t much better.  The more we play, the more it becomes evident that we have a team stacked with #2 players.  MJ and this team would dominate.  I’m not saying I want Kobe, but still, why didn’t we get KG?  It still eats at me.

The more I watch, the less I see this team being able to survive in the playoffs. 

One positive point is that each time the Bulls lose, they seem to be shooting under 40% from the field.  Last night they shot 34%, and only lost by 5 points.  I know, I’m always looking for the silver lining.  But its true. I mean, as Skiles hinted, professional players who are shooters have to be able to knock down an open, uncontested, 12-20 foot shot about 80% of the time. 

Sam Smith wants Gasol.  I don’t blame him. But I want Gray.  Get him some minutes, the one man who could maybe give us some points in the paint.  I also want to see Ben Wallace dunking more instead of missing little layups and dinkers around the hoop. Frustration.  And the schedule doesn’t get much easier.