Morning Box Score: Bulls Rout Hornets

By Chuck Sudo in News on Feb 9, 2012 3:30PM

Bulls 90, New Orleans 67The Bulls used the disrespect they felt from Will Ferrell's pregame introductions to easily handle the Hornets in New Orleans. Derrick Rose, still nursing a bad back, only played a little more than 22 minutes of game time against lowly New Orleans, but the rest of the team picked up the slack. Carlos Boozer and Joakim Noah continued their trends of showing up against bad teams. Boozer led all scorers with 18 points, while Noah contributed 13 points and 10 rebounds. After the game coach Tom Thibodeau defended his treatment of his banged-up MVP. "He says he feels pretty good. You've just got to each day do his rehab, take care of himself, get his rest, get his massage and we go from there," he said.

The Bulls bench was led by Taj Gibson's 14 points while Kyle Korver added 12. New Orleans was led by Chris Kaman's 17 points.