Bulls Suffer OT Loss to Phili

Philadelphia 76ers point guard Andre Miller must have taken it personally when ESPN so heavily featured two plays in which he was embarrassed Bulls rookie Derrick Rose two days ago.  In that contest, Miller had a layup thunderously blocked by the rookie on one play and almost had his ankles broken by a killer crossover on another.  The two teams faced off again last night and this time it was Miller who had the last laugh.  The Sixers guard dropped 28 points and had several big buckets in overtime to help Phili grab the 103-95 victory.

Rose played well in the contest, scoring 24 points and grabbing 6 rebounds, but it wasn’t enough.  Ben Gordon had a rough shooting night, hitting just 33 percent of his attempts and 20 percent of his threes.  Forward Drew Gooden did well getting to the line, where he connected on 9 of his 10 free throw attempts, but was unable to hit from the field in the contest.  Tyrus Thomas had a good game off the bench, scoring 14 points and collecting 13 rebounds while adding three blocks in 32 minutes of play.  The team saw another lackluster performance from its highest paid player, Luol Deng, who scored a meager 10 points and only managed to corral two boards.  With the loss, the Bulls fall to 8-10.

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