Well, the winning streak couldn't last forever, right? Nothing does. But if it had to end, I'm not entirely surprised it happened against the Atlanta Hawks. I'll elaborate more on that in a bit, but first, the final score was Atlanta 109, Chicago 94.I missed this game except for a bit on the radio on the way to the high school game I covered tonight (my final Sun-Times Media assignment by the way). The Bulls were down big early, but managed to come back. Alas, it wasn't meant to be their night.
Four Atlanta starters and two bench players scored in double digits, led by Josh Smith's 25 points. As for the Bulls, only Carlos Boozer reach two figures, scoring 12. The leading scorer for them was John Lucas III, who had 16. Kyle Korver scored 16, Jimmy Butler scored 12 and Taj Gibson added 11. That would normally be a nice night for the Bench Mob, and it was, but too bad it didn't happen in a victory. Derrick Rose was off tonight, recording only eight points and shooting 3-for-10. Rip Hamilton did not play and C.J. Watson is still nursing his elbow.
Look out for this Hawks team every time the Bulls play them. They appear to be your classic trap opponent who'll give you fits when you head onto the same court as them. The Bulls should know judging from the two meetings this year and last year's playoffs that you can't take them lightly. Atlanta as a whole is a good team, but not one to get past the conference semifinals. Still, be on the lookout for them the rest of the way. By the way, Jerry Stackhouse apparently just re-upped in the NBA with the Hawks and he even played a bit tonight.
Just forget about this game and look forward to Detroit at the United Center on Monday. Let's see more of the shell of this former perennial NBA threat.
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