The Morning After: Rose Leads Bulls To Victory

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Apr 14, 2010 3:00PM

Bulls Edge Celtics, LeBron Looms
The Bulls have been able to put that behind-the-scenes nastiness behind them and now have the inside track to be the first round victims of LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers after they edged the Celtics 101-93. Down by eight early in the second quarter, a big 18-2 run flipped the scoreboard and put the Bulls ahead. Of courser, the Celtics wouldn't go easily and fought back in the second half. But the Bulls held off the run, led by Derrick Rose who dropped 39 points on Boston and Kirk Hinrich who had 30. The highlight of the game, though? Rasheed Wallace, scoring on his own basket.

The Bulls wrap up the season tonight in Charlotte (7 p.m., CSN), leading Toronto by one game for the eighth seed. Toronto won the season series 2-1, giving them the tie-breaker edge and making tonight's game a must-win should the Bulls want to play past tonight.

Jays Trump Sox
The Sox had an offensive outage last night, held to just one hit in a 4-2 loss to the Blue Jays. The one-hit was a big one, a two-run homer for Alex Rios, but otherwise the Sox bats were stymied by Blue Jays pitcher Ricky Romero and then ex-Cubs reliever Kevin Gregg. Gavin Floyd gave up all four runs to the Jays over six innings pitched, striking out five. The Sox try to bounce back tonight in game three of the four-game set (6:07 p.m., WCIU).