Morning Box Score: Bulls Coast Against New Jersey
By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 24, 2012 2:30PM
The Bulls have been doing what all great teams must: feasting on inferior competition. And they're doing so while showing off their bench depth due to injury. Derrick Rose returned to the court after missing four games with a toe injury to score 22 points and dish out eight assists. Rip Hamilton also scored 22—including his 15,000th career point—and had 10 assists of his own as they made easy work of the Nets to run their winning streak to four games and their record to a league-best 16-3. Luol Deng sat out the game with a sprained wrists, but Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah picked up the frontcourt slack. Boozer Noah scored 16 points and picked up 10 rebounds, while Boozer scored 14 points and grabbed nine boards. The Bulls had this game in such control they rested their starters the entire fourth quarter. Jordan Famar led New Jersey in scoring with 22 points, while Deron Williams added 16 points and 10 assists.