New Orleans at Chicago

[Real Deal]

TIME: 8:00 PM ET

TV: NBALP

[Real Deal]

CHICAGO -- Derrick Rose broke for the corner, got the pass from Joakim Noah on a play they'd worked on in practice and let fly with a high arching jumper. The ball caught the rim, came back and fell through.

 

Rose's shot with 19.4 seconds to play Tuesday night put the Chicago Bulls ahead and was part of a closing 8-0 they needed beat the New Orleans Hornets 99-95.

 

It was Rose to the rescue for the Bulls in a sluggish first game back from the All-Star break. He had 32 points, six in the finishing run that came after the Hornets had scored 13 straight to take a four-point lead.

 

"I take crazy shots like that in practice all the time, they just give me confidence to take those shots where they are looking for me," Rose said. "We work on that in the end of practice. I stepped back and tried to shoot the ball up as high as I could."

 

After losing Chris Paul and withstanding injuries to several key players, the Hornets, who are only 8-26, were on the verge of pulling off one of their biggest wins. They'd gone into New York before the break and cooled off Jeremy Lin and the Knicks and now were threatening to beat a team that had beaten them 90-67 three weeks ago in New Orleans.

 

"We should have won that game," New Orleans coach Monty Williams said. "You've got to close games like that out."

 

Noah had 15 points and 16 rebounds for the Bulls and Carlos Boozer and Luol Deng added 14 points apiece.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/gametracker/recap/NBA_20120228_NO@CHI

[Art]

One things is for sure and that is this group of players on the Hornets current squad have heart; good win for Chicago though.