Two days after having their eight-game winning streak snapped, the Chicago Bulls host the Utah Jazz tonight in a game that should feature a lot of hard drives to the rim.
Derrick Rose, one of the most athletic guards in the league, is mired in a mini-shooting slump in his last two games and may be feeling the burn of the lockout-shortened season.
That, or being a part-time member of an injury-riddled backcourt.
Rose shot just 6-for-22 against in a 99-94 loss to the Orlando Magic on Thursday, a night after going 8-for-22 in Milwaukee. He’s shooting 31.7 percent in his last three games, scoring fewer than 18 points in two of them.
Luol Deng went 1-for-9 from the field in the loss to Orlando and admitted he needs to rest his wrist, probably starting Saturday 
against the Jazz.
The All-Star will join guards Richard Hamilton (shoulder) and C.J. Watson (ankle) on the bench as the Bulls (33-9) try to hold onto their NBA-best record.
Utah, with talented big men Al Jefferson (18.9 ppg) and Paul Millsap (15.6 ppg), will not be the 3-point threat that the Magic were (Orlando made 11). The Jazz are last in the league in 3s made, averaging 3.7 per game, and 29th in percentage (30.1).
After topping basement dwellers Cleveland and Charlotte to climb back over .500, Utah (19-20) ran into the Philadelphia 76ers Friday, losing 104-91.
The Jazz are desperately missing the shooting of a specialist like Bulls guard Kyle Korver, who along with Carlos Boozer and Ronnie Brewer, played for Utah until March 2010.