John Lucas III wrapped himself in towels and sat down at his locker with a bucket of ice near his feet. After his first NBA start, the Chicago backup guard was weary and had earned a rest. Replacing injured MVP Derrick Rose, Lucas kept shooting Wednesday night. He put up 28 shots from the field during a 45-minute, 38-second outing and scored a career-high 25 points to lead Chicago to a 78-64 over the Washington Wizards.
Deng and Lucas go 16-49 (< 33%) and the Bulls somehow manage to score enough points to win it. I enjoyed watching Lucas play and get his, but I don't think he's worthy of many minutes on this team if Watson is healthy. I don't think he ran the team well at all. Most of the plays seemed to be lack of passing, shot clock running out, and Lucas able to manufacture a shot. The Bulls are winning lately because Kyle Korver has been really coming through. Games of 18, 13, 8, 13, and 14 points. He's been 15-25 from 3pt (60%). Bulls are 4-1 in those games. If he weren't scoring, nobody but Rose would be. That would mean we'd need 20 to 30 point fourth quarters from Rose. Korver scored 5 points in 1 minute 12 seconds in Q4 last night and the Bulls extended their lead from 4 to 9 and never look back.