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Derrick Rose said he’d make the pass again. Coach Tom Thibodeau said Rose made the right basketball play.
And fans keep asking: What in the world is Brian Scalabrine doing taking the go-ahead shot in the waning seconds?
To review: The Chicago Bulls lost to the Indiana Pacers 95-90 on Wednesday, their first home loss this season. Thibodeau had inserted Scalabrine for Carlos Boozer in an offense/defense switch on the Pacers’ previous possession. The Bulls got their stop when Joakim Noah rebounded a David West miss.
Eschewing their final timeout, Rose dribbled the ball upcourt, went to attack the left side and fired a crosscourt pass to a wide-open Scalabrine when Roy Hibbert and the Pacers’ defense collapsed on him.
“It’s a make-or-miss league,” Thibodeau said. “We missed.”
— Reported by K.C. Johnson of the Chicago Tribune
