Did you see the starters lines? Not really sure they deserved to be on the floor tonight. Deng 22 mins 2-8 shooting 1 assist 2 steals 2 turnovers 5 points Thomas 12 mins 2-5 shooting 1 Rebound 1 TO 3 Fouls Wallace 18 mins 0-0 shooting 5 boards 1 steal 1 assist 1 TO 0 points Gordon 24 mins 4-10 shooting 1-4 from 3 1 board 1 assist 1 TO 11 points Hinrich 17 mins 0-6 shooting(worthless) 0-3 from 3 4 boards 4 assists 3 steals 2 TO's 3 fouls That is horrible production from a teams starting 5 Gordon and Tyrus' lines weren't too bad to warrant a benching for the rest of the game. I just really think Hinrich is the key to the Bulls success or failure. When he is good, the Bulls do good. But when he is awful, the Bulls usually lose the game. IMO, teams have figured this out. They're attacking Hinrich, hoping he gets in foul trouble. He is easily rattled when he does get in foul trouble as he not only gets pissed, but he tries to do too much with the ball and shoots either terrible shots or forces bad passes. The only game he did good in was the only game that we won. I don't really think it's a coincidence. For a 5th year player to not improve at all since he has come into the league is downright pathetic. What Skiles said after the game was "if I only take out a few of the starters, then the ones who don't get pulled feel like it's not their fault this team has been playing so poorly" (paraphrased).