There's plenty to talk about now for the suddenly surging Bulls, and, perhaps even a trade for Stoudemire. But, hey, Thomas got about the same production in almost half the playing time Saturday and one block on a Stoudemire attempt was like it a volleyball spike.

"The bigs did a decent job against Shaq," said Joakim Noah, who had just four points but eight rebounds. "It's my first three game winning streak (as a pro). Lindsey Hunter told me to act like I'd done it before. But I tried to tell him I never had."

With that Hunter yelled across the locker room to Noah to thanks for the mention.

"It will be a good thing for your future," Noah laughed.