Chicago Bulls vs. Phoenix Suns

The Chicago Bulls continued their winning ways with a close victory over the Phoenix Suns 97-94. This game was a tale of two halves as the Bulls were up by as much as 22 points and led at half time by 11. The Suns would go on a late run out scoring the Bulls 35-15. The Suns scored 54 points in the second half after scoring 40 in the first half. For the Bulls Derrick Rose led the way with 19 points and Joakim Noah returned with 12 points and 4 assists. Vince Carter was the high point getter for Phoenix with 25 points. The Bulls keep their lead in the East at 3 games over Miami and 3 1/2 games over Boston. The Bulls will face the Boston Celtics at the United Center on Thursday night and the Bulls will look to push their lead in the East even higher and to knock the Celtics out of the running for the top spot. For the Bulls they move to 57-20 and 60 wins is within their grasps. The Bulls need to clean up the fact that once they get a big lead they seem to take their foot off the gas which is a big no-no in the NBA because every team makes runs. The Bulls continue to win games though and that's all that matters!