Sacramento at home -- attended

Went into the United Center to see this one, and sat way, way up in the Budweiser Penthouse. This is at the top, as far as you can go, and just a bit to the side. It was like watching play diagrams from a sky cam. An interesting perspective and it's always a plus to have free food and drink for a game!

Bulls continued their generally poor effort from the Minnesota game, so that's two bad home games in a row. They were just a bit better though, particularly Gordon and Rose, who both had enough game in them to scratch out a win. Ben was getting to the line and hitting the free throws. Rose had a very solid effort and it is clear the Bull completely fall apart when he's on the bench. Gooden came back from his injury and was helpful, aside from missing two free throws at the end that would have got my bus moving quicker had he'd made them.

Everyone else was bad, with the exception of Tyrus, who had a second game of doing good things along with his usual bad things. Oh, and Thabo had one cool block. Other than that, the rest of the Bulls should have stayed on the bench. Noc was 1-11, ouch! Gray looked like he was wearing lead shorts -- when Brad Miller can blow by you on the dribble, you are beyond torpid! Noah plays like someone whose feet and hands have been lathered in super-slippery grease.

Hughes continues to be habitually atrocious. At one point, he was in with Hunter and the Bulls just looked horrible during that stretch. Just getting the ball up the court was a huge accomplishment for them. Ben and Derrick signed back in together and everyone gave a cheer of relief.

For the Kings, it was pretty much all Kevin Martin and Brad Miller. If the rest of the team wasn't quite so pathetic, they could have stole this one. There have been rumors of a Brad Miller trade and the Bulls in the mix offering Hughes and Noah. Why the Kings would want to do this is a mystery to me, but I hope they do.

Very scary that crappy teams like the Kings and T-Wolves can play winable hoops on the Bulls home court! Bulls clearly need to make a move for a big guy and hope that Hinrich comes back in fine form.