More from a night at Derrick Rose's Garden (c wat i did thar?).
- Rose's dominant showing in the Bulls' 105-102 win over the Knicks at Madison Square Garden is bound to bring up hyperbolic references to Michael Jordan. He scored 15 of his 32 points in the fourth quarter, shooting 5-for-9 from the field, 3-for-4 at the line, and grabbing three boards. Take away the Christmas Day universal disaster from last season and Rose is a pretty automatic show under (literally) the brightest lights:
Date Tm Opp GS MP FG FGA FG% 3P 3PA 3P% FT FTA FT% ORB DRB TRB AST STL BLK TOV PF PTS 2012-02-02 CHI @ NYK W 1 40 12 26 .462 2 5 .400 6 9 .667 0 4 4 13 1 0 2 0 32 2011-04-12 CHI @ NYK W 1 38 10 19 .526 2 6 .333 4 5 .800 0 0 0 3 2 1 4 3 26 2010-12-25 CHI @ NYK L 1 41 12 28 .429 0 2 .000 1 3 .333 2 5 7 8 6 0 7 2 25 2010-02-17 CHI @ NYK W 1 40 10 19 .526 0 0 7 9 .778 0 4 4 6 1 0 1 1 27 2009-12-22 CHI @ NYK L 1 35 11 21 .524 1 1 1.000 3 3 1.000 1 5 6 4 0 0 2 0 26 2009-01-19 CHI @ NYK L 1 37 9 20 .450 0 0 2 2 1.000 2 2 4 8 0 0 3 2 20 Provided by Basketball-Reference.com: View Original TableGenerated 2/3/2012.
That's 26.0 PPG, shooting 48.1% (.500 eFG%), .742 FT% on 5.2 FTAs per game, 7.0 APG, 4.2 RPG, 1.7 SPG, 3.2 TOPG (2.4, excluding the X-mas game) in 38.3 MPG at the Madison Square Garden. - It's Jimmy Butler's world; he just lets 'Melo live in it. Butler my dude. Ronnie Brewer was slowing down with the long shifts and the fresh legs were certainly a more than adequate substitution. He was only 1-for-4 from the field, but the Knicks left him and he was aggressive to the basket; just unable to finish. He slowed down a fastbreak, but otherwise made correct decisions when Rose gave him the ball in space. Can't ask more from him, as he did more than one could ask against the NBA superstar scorer with maybe the least variance in "clutch time".
"We know he’s going to get better and better," Tom Thibodeau said after the game. "The hard thing is we’re not practicing. So he’s doing a lot of individual work with assistant coaches with film and workouts. We have confidence in his ability. He already has a defensive mindset. As he gets to learn the league and the tendencies of the players and teams, he’s only going to get better and better. He’s got a very serious approach to the game. He made big plays down the stretch."
It was good to see Carlos Boozer playing more inside. He was only 2-for-4 at the rim, but positioned himself to grab three offensive boards and only took two long-2s and made them in a game where he showed up for an efficient 16 points on 7-for-12 and nine rebounds. Despite Stoudemire making him look very silly at times, he used the space Stoudemire gave him very well when Amar'e over-committed to help. This is exactly how Boozer and Rose make each other better.
I love when Kevin loses his shit.
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