The dramatic open-court skills of Derrick Rose were on full display last night with a few moves that made Bulls fans caterwaul for different reasons then they have over the last two seasons. Rose scampered for a one-man fast break and showed off his ridiculous hang-time for a double-pump assist to Joakim Noah. Another of his team-high seven assists showed how nimbly he vivisects the defense on the break.
Another such assist saw him cross up a reaching Josh Smith before freezing D.J. Augustin with a traditional* no-look shovel-pass for the Pau Gasol dunk.
*Traditional in that he’s actually looking away from where he’s passing the ball, fooling Augustin and providing Pau an easy finish.
Is Rose fully back?
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