Improving Bulls Blow One Late at The Garden

The Bulls disappeared when it really mattered Monday in New York.  Though they trailed much of the game, the improving Bulls refused to let the Knicks pull away.  For the first ten minutes of the fourth quarter the Bulls were the better team and were poised to win. Then Tyrus Thomas messed up a steal, Kirk Hinrich missed a free throw and then a wide open three pointer.  Any of those three plays would have virtually won the game for the Bulls. Still the game still looked in hand when Tyrus Thomas pulled down a huge offensive board off of Hinrich’s miss with 47 seconds left and the Bulls leading by one. Thomas could have down two things.  He could have, and probably should have, kicked the ball back out and let Derrick Rose run some clock and try to score with around 24 seconds left.  At the very worst the pressure would have been on the Knicks to score in their final possession. But Thomas chose to go back up with the ball.  Honestly he was all alone ... (link)