There's a basketball saying that was once a warning, that you live by the three and you die by the three. Now in the NBA, it often seems you survive because of the three. And once again it killed the Bulls in Saturday's 125-118 loss to the Charlotte Hornets.
"That left corner was hot; hit a lot of threes in that left corner," noted Bobby Portis, who did his part with four of eight threes and 33 points, though 28 in the first half when the Bulls had a 15-point lead. "Obviously, Kemba (Walker with 37 points) is an All Star, and he got it rolling.