February Was a Good Month for Bulls
By Benjy Lipsman in News on Mar 1, 2005 6:15PM
Chicagoist pointed out the importance of February to the Bulls' success at the start of the month. The Bulls exceeded even our optimistic forcast by going 7-4 in the month, and moved to 5 games over .500 for the season with a 29-24 record. It wasn't easy with 8 road games and games against many of the league's best teams -- but they won key games against Dallas, Sacramento and Miami.
People are beginning to take notice -- even outside of Chicago. ESPN.com's NBA expert Mark Stein currently has the Bulls ranked 8th in his weekly Power Rankings. Take a look over the Bulls rankings archive and read over the comments to see how far they've come this season. Our favorite, from Week 3:
This is just a hunch, but we don't see Bulls following the Miami blueprint and turning their own 0-7 start into a 42-40 Cinderella story like Heat did last season. Do you?
Chicagoist loves seeing supposed "experts" proved wrong.
It wasn't just the players who've had success redeeming themselves. Following a little run-in with the police for selling pot, Da Bull avoided jail time. Chester Brewer, who had suited up as the Bulls mascot for 9 years, "pleaded guilty to a single felony count of possession of cannabis with intent to deliver." Despite no plea agreement, he received 18 months of probation rather than a jail term that could have reached 5 years. Maybe the judge counted the past few Bulls seasons as "time served!"
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