The Bulls’ 85-77 victory Thursday over the Utah Jazz wasn’t artistic, elegant or dazzling. There was little of the fast paced play, the fancy playmaking, the high scoring or the sublime connection. Instead the Bulls did what the really good teams do — not ready to say great quite yet — when the shots go awry and they’re hitting all the wrong notes.
They hustled and hurried and harried the Jazz shooters; they crashed and crushed and created opportunities where there seemed none. They endured and finally exhaled when Dwyane Wade knocked down a pair of fourth quarter jump shots when everyone’s offense went fallow for eight minutes.