Bulls Win Fifth Straight at Home

Ben Gordon and Derrick Rose are proving to be a pretty consistently productive backcourt for the Chicago Bulls.  The pair of guards combined for 50 points in the team’s 106-98 win over the Utah Jazz on Saturday.  Rose scored 24 points while dishing out three assists and collecting five rebounds in the contest, while Gordon added 26 points of his own to go with three dimes and four boards.  Thabo Sefolosha logged 34 minutes in the game, and displayed the all-around skill set that has always intrigued this blogger.  Sefolosha scored 10 points, hitting both of his threes and added four boards, two assists and four steals.  This three guard rotation, four when Kirk Hinrich returns, would be really solid if Sefolosha can be consistent, something he’s yet to prove in the NBA.

Gordon is having perhaps his best season as a pro thus far, coming off a summer in which he and the organization couldn’t come to an agreement on a long-term extension.  He’s averaging 21 points, four assists and three rebounds per game while shooting 41 percent from beyond the arc.  With Luol Deng struggling to consistently perform, could the Bulls perhaps have given the wrong man the extension?  It’s too early to tell, and Gordon still hasn’t performed up to the level of contract he was expecting.

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