Oh, shot.
Just one more Thursday against the New York Knicks and it not only would have kept the Bulls undefeated, but it would have produced one of the more remarkable comebacks from 13 points behind with just under three minutes remaining. But in a game the Knicks mostly controlled until the frenzied close on Joakim Noah Night, the Knicks defeated the Bulls 104-103.
Both teams now are 4-1 and beginning to eye one another perhaps for the spring like no time since the early 1990s.
In the end—and right at the end—the Bulls actually had a chance to win the game after the Knicks spent the last few minutes appearing like they were retching up the classic New York meal of sidewalk hot dogs in rain water and a warm egg cream.