CHICAGO — Sometimes, all it takes is one game to change the entire conversation.
Coming into Thursday night, the Chicago Bulls were reeling from a humiliating 25-point blowout loss to the Charlotte Hornets, and Derrick Rose was coming off his first-ever stretch of three consecutive games scoring fewer than 10 points. Couple that with renewed whispers (this time from ESPN’s Brian Windhorst) that a breakup between Rose and the Bulls was inevitable, and both player and team desperately needed to change the narrative.
A 104-98 win over the Oklahoma City Thunder on national TV will do the trick. So will a 29-point explosion from Rose, coupled with a solid defensive performance against summer workout buddy and generally unguardable space alien Russell Westbrook in their first head-to-head matchup since 2010.
If anybody was in panic mode following Rose’s recent struggles, they were singing a different tune after Thursday’s game.
“I’m happy for him putting on a performance like he did tonight,” Bulls coach Fred Hoiberg said after the game. “He has really been working his ...
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