Bulls followed the "crappy big men, third quarter collapse" script for this one. It's one of their primary themes for the season. Ming and Scola completely dominated inside. McGrady was his usual lazy self, but brought his pulse up from time to time by blowing by Deng.
Looking at Deng's 28 point box, you'd think he had a good game, but he didn't. Offensively, he was far better than usual, and his shot was falling, but he was terrible defensively and folded when the Bulls needed a run. Noah was absolutely pathetic. All the big men were bad, but he was just awful. He doesn't belong in the NBA. Thabo was on the court for over 16 minutes and I didn't really notice him. I don't think Houston did either.
Rockets did not play well and still won easily. The "winning streak" was an illusion. Bulls have the same problems as they've had all year.
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