Bulls' Derrick Rose could be sidelined again - USA TODAY

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Bulls' Derrick Rose could be sidelined again - USA TODAY Apr 10th 2012, 17:42 By Rachel Shuster, USA TODAY Updated The Chicago Bulls have been lauded for going 15-7 during the multiple absences of All-Star point guard Derrick Rose and still boasting the NBA's best record (43-14) despite the starters only playing 11 games together. By Mary Altaffer, AP Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, right, came back for one game, Sunday vs. Iman Shumpert, left, and the New York Knicks, but could be out again with an injury. By Mary Altaffer, AP Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose, right, came back for one game, Sunday vs. Iman Shumpert, left, and the New York Knicks, but could be out again with an injury. How can they keep this up? What will be the impact for the playoffs? Those are questions to be addressed in the next few weeks. For Tuesday, Rose is back to being a game-time decision for the Bulls against the visiting New York Knicks (9:30 p.m. ET, ESPN) after tweaking his right ankle in Sunday's one-point loss to New York. Rose was reported to have worn a walking boot Monday. That game was his return after missing 12 in a row because of a groin injury, and Rose had said he was "good" afterwards. He missed only one game last season when the Bulls finished the regular season with the league's best record (62-20). He played in all but one game his rookie 2008-09 season and all but four the next. His achievements, and the Bulls' workmanlike efforts behind reserve guards C.J. Watson, John Lucas III and the rest of the self-proclaimed "Bench Mob", have drawn even the attention of The Wall Street Journal. As guard Ronnie Brewer said in told The Journal piece, "We're kind of boring. We're a quiet, lunch-pail kind of group that doesn't warrant a lot of attention." He's being modest. The Bulls' bench ranks sixth in scoring on the season but third in the past 10 games, according to hoopsstats.com For more information about reprints & permissions, visit our FAQ's. To report corrections and clarifications, contact Standards Editor Brent Jones. For publication consideration in the newspaper, send comments to letters@usatoday.com. Include name, phone number, city and state for verification. To view our corrections, go to corrections.usatoday.com. USA TODAY is now using Facebook Comments on our stories and blog posts to provide an enhanced user experience. To post a comment, log into Facebook and then "Add" your comment. To report spam or abuse, click the "X" in the upper right corner of the comment box. To find out more, read the FAQ and Conversation Guidelines.  This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read the FAQ at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php#publishers. Five Filters recommends: Donate to Wikileaks.

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