Life without Derrick Rose isn’t necessarily bad for everybody.

And while the Bulls have proven they can make noise without their All-Star point guard, the Los Angeles Clippers may have caught them at the best possible time: the first game after Rose was diagnoses with a torn meniscus.

The Clippers will never admit it — in fact, most players were saddened by the news — but while they were on the court with Chicago on Sunday, they weren’t complaining about the absence of Rose. The catastrophic blow to the Bulls crippled them mentally against the Clippers — along with a difficult stretch of three games in four days on the road — and they found themselves down by 42 points at one point in the fourth quarter.

The Clippers took the game 121-82, moving them to 10-5 on the season.

Arash Markazi of ESPN Los Angeles said it best:

Playing four games in five nights, including back-to-back games on the road against potential playoff teams and back-to-back afternoon games at home, was always going to be tough. But the Clippers made it through this stretch with a 3-1 record, with their lone loss being to Oklahoma City on the second night of a road back-to-back. The Clippers will gladly take that.

And for some of the critics to the Clippers’ offseason moves, Jared Dudley had 21 points on 8-of-10 shooting, including 4-of-5 from beyond the arc and J.J. Redick had 19 points on 8-of-11 shooting. The Clippers held the Bulls to 82 points, the lowest any opponent has scored against them this season and were shooting over 60 percent heading into the fourth quarter. All things considered for the Clippers, it was a good day to be playing the Bulls.

Great TEAM win!

— Jamal Crawford (@JCrossover) November 25, 2013

Good win vs the Bulls tonight I think that was our best performance both offensively and defensively. Gotta keep getting better. #clipnation

— Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) November 25, 2013