No Rose, No Problem

Friday, the Bulls took on the Michael Jordan owned Charlotte Bobcats. Being that the Bobcats only had 3 wins on the entire season, they chose to rest Derrick Rose. This proved to be a good decision, as the Bulls rolled past the Bobcats effortlessly, winning 95-64.

With the way the Bulls are playing it looks they may be able to get away with resting Rose for a couple more games. They are on a current 5 game win streak and have won each of their last 4 by at least 20 points. During these last 4 games, their average margin of victory is 24.5.

While the upcoming schedule looks a little tougher than it has been, I would still recommend resting Rose until he shakes off the injury bug. In my mind, it is much more important for players to be healthy in the postseason than it is to pick up victories of minimal meaning in the regular season. It would be great to maintain the top seed in the Eastern Conference all the way to the playoffs, and I believe it is very possible to do so, but by pushing our starters as hard as we have been lately, the risk for injury is much higher. I would much rather have a two seed at full health than a one seed minus a combination of Rose, Hamilton and Deng.

 

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