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2 CHICAGO Brad Biggs and Brian Hamilton on Tribune p.m., CSN K.C. Johnson on WSCR-AM 670, 6:40 a.m. ON Freddy Garcia, Bartolo Colon, and now Mark Are Sid Fernandez and Danny Darwin available? I wait to see 300 lbs of Colon come running out of the bullpen. MICHAELF 6:04 p.m.) Silva would be a great pickup by the Sox they could beat Texas to the punch. Silva would be an improvement over Humber, and an injured Peavy, and a healthy Buehrle.

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Make this one a mocha less chocolaty sweet than last but with all the kick. TRIBUNE PHOTO ILLUSTRATION CUBS Exhibitions Tuesday: Arizona, 3:05, AM 720 Wednesday: Intrasquad, 1:05 SOX Exhibitions Tuesday: At Kansas City, 2:05 Wednesday: At Winston-Salem, 5:05 BULLS Wednesday: At Minnesota, 7, CSN, AM 1000 Friday: At Detroit, 6:30, CLTV, AM 1000 FIRE Wednesday: Colo. (U.S. Open Cup, Peoria), 6:30 April 9: At Seattle, 3, CSN RUSH Saturday: At Cleveland, 3 April 16: At Iowa, 7 WOLVES Thursday: At Houston, 7, CN100 Friday: Texas, 7:30, CN100 HAWKS Tuesday: At Boston, 6:30, Versus, AM 720 Friday: At Columbus, 6, CSN, AM 720 UPCOMING GAMES Get our Bulls newsletter Sign up to get the Bulls coverage in your inbox twice a week at chicagotribune.com/ bullsnewsletter If team Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf had mixed business with friendship, Doug Collins taken his second spin coaching the Bulls in 2008. Instead, two years with Vinny Del Negro led to Tom Thibodeau and now Thibodeau and Collins, in town with the 76ers, are leading candidates for coach of the year.

think everything works Collins said. a man of strong faith and I believe led to be in certain places. I thought I was being led back to Chicago three years ago. When Jerry and I spoke he was a little uncomfortable with it. He grew to care about me so much as a person that he want to have to worry about me being his coach.

I understood Collins called Thibodeau and the Trail Nate McMillan the front-runners for coach of the year and said he praised Thibodeau in conversations with Reinsdorf and team Vice President John Paxson on Monday. obviously has paid his Collins said. my understanding, he eats, drinks and sleeps basketball. He locks himself in a room and watches tape hours and hours at a time. got great basketball acumen and has been with some great teachers.

done great offensively is taken Utah plays for (Carlos) Boozer and Philadelphia plays for (Kyle) Korver and mixed those in. I think what you do. You put guys in situations to do what they do Thibodeau had a predictable reaction when asked about his chances to win the award. that stuff he said. only concerned with us winning.

Layups: Collins cracked two solid one-liners. On whether he taken the Bulls job in 2008: Jerry paid And on the future: just got to get lucky and get that 1.7 percent (draft lottery) chance that Paxson had to get that first pick (when he took Derrick Rose According to Elias Sports Bureau, Rose became the first player in NBA history to post 30 points and at least 15 assists for a team that scored 95 points or less when hehad 30 and 17 in 95-87 victory over the Bucks. BULLS BITS BY K.C. JOHNSON Collins: Return in cards INDIANAPOLIS Roy Hibbert led all scorers with 26 points and Danny Granger provided 18as the Pacers held on for a 107-100 win over the Celtics on Monday night at Conseco Fieldhouse. Darren Collison went for 17 points, while A.J.

Price came off the bench to contribute 15 for the Pacers, who snapped a brief two-game slide and have won three of their last five. The Pacers (33-42) hold the eighth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. are very happy and thrilled to get this Collison said. got out there and gutted it out, played hard when we had to, looked for the open person and got the ball to Indiana is bidding for it first playoff appearance since the 2005-06 season. Paul Pierce had a team-high 23 points and six rebounds for the Celtics, who have dropped three of their last four.

Rajon Rondo added 22 points and eight assists for the Celtics (51-22). PACERS 107, CELTICS 100 Pacers deal Celtics 3rd loss in last 4games SPORTS NETWORK The Wave just passe as an inane crowd activity at sporting events. It good enough for C.J. Watson as a nickname for Bulls reserves. (Carlos Boozer) was saying said Ronnie Brewer, fellow reserve.

was like, not the Bench It stuck. And Iguess people are buying into Just asWatson, Brewer, Kyle Korver, Taj Gibson and Omer Asik have bought into their reserve roles. The bench had outscored its 39 times entering game against the 76ers, with the Bulls 33-6 in those contests. On Monday, the reserves scored just 14 points to 31for the bench. want to be the group that when the starters get subbed out we blow the lead or get blown Brewer said.

up, we want to push the pedal down and try to make ateam give up. We really like our names in the paper or a lot of praise. We just want to play hard every night at both Coach Tom Thibodeau has praised the bench all season and defined roles for each player. Perhaps why a smiling Brewer offered this confident assessment when asked who wins practice scrimmages. Bench Mob always wins because we give he said.

play hard every possession. Sometimes, the starters get complacent and they look for fouls. scrimmaged in along time. But pretty sure if we scrimmaged, beat rule for bench players Reserves provide source of energy, their own nickname By K.C. Johnson TRIBUNE REPORTER seeking to catch the Spurs for the best overall record, not merely wrap up the Eastern top seed.

Instead, Thaddeus Young came off the bench to lead six 76ers in double figures with 21points. And Spencer Hawes hit three straight clutch jumpers down the stretch to hold off a Bulls charge that had pulled them within 82-76. Derrick Rose played the entire second half and led the Bulls with 31points on 12-for-24 shooting, but he also committed 10 turnovers. the first double-digit turnover game since Toni Kukoc committed 10 on Jan. 14, 2000.

came out Rose said. ready for this one. one is definitely on me. I played like crap. I was just careless.

Some of (the turnovers were) me driving, kicking the ball off my (bleeping) foot. I need to watch video and learn from The Bulls trailed by as many as 23 and by 53-37 at halftime thanks in large part to effort. He scored 17 points in just 11minutes in the first half and led an active and athletic 76ers lineup that prompted Thibodeau to alter his rotation and pair C.J. Watson with Rose for long stretches. Rose, who iced jammed fingers afterward, posted a 10-point third quarter to breathe life into the Bulls, who closed that period with a10-2 run capped by Kyle jumper with 0.2 seconds left.

But the Bulls shot 41.3 percent overall and committed 17 turnovers. you practice well, you play Thibodeau said. not putting a lot into practice, not going to have an edge in the game. If you have an edge in the game, putting yourself in a bad position. came out flat and tried to make a run in the third but exerted so much energy that we have enough to finish.

Turnovers, big problem. Not making free throws, big problem. And not playing defense. And outre- bounded. So, there one phase of the game where we were doing the things that we should be Indeed, the Bulls never led and ended up losing the season series after blowing out the 76ers by 45 in the first meeting.

we could play them again, definitely do Rose said. know I want Thibodeau fumed. have to look at how we practice and make the necessary corrections Thibodeau said. can change very quickly in this NUCCIO PHOTO Bulls center Joakim Noah fouls Elton Brand during a frustrating night he called wake-up for the Bulls. 10 Turnovers committed by Derrick Rose on Monday, the first double- digit turnover game by a Bull since Toni in January 2000.

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